The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Cross River State held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the
Nigerian Senate to represent
Cross River State.
Onor Sandy Ojang representing Cross River Central,
Oko Rose Okoji representing Cross River North and
Bassey Gershom Henry representing Cross River South all won on the platform of
Peoples Democratic Party.
Overview
Summary
Results
Cross River Central
A total of 11 candidates registered with the
Independent National Electoral Commission
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to contest in the election. PDP Sandy Ojang Onor candidate won the election, defeating APC candidate Ndoma-Egba and 9 other party candidates. Sandy received 56.63% of the votes, while
Ndoma-Egba received 42.61%.
Cross River North
A total of 12 candidates registered with the
Independent National Electoral Commission
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to contest in the election. PDP candidate
Rose Oko won the election, defeating APC candidate Wabily Nyiam and 10 other party candidates. Rose received 73.32% of the votes, while Nyiam received 26.23%.
Cross River South
A total of 11 candidates registered with the
Independent National Electoral Commission
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to contest in the election. PDP candidate
Bassey Gershom Henry won the election, defeating APC candidate Prince Otu and 9 other party candidates. Bassey received 54.51% of the votes, while Otu received 44.50%.
2020 Bye election
A bye election was held on 5 December 2020 in the Cross River North Senatorial District due to a vacancy following the demise of Rose Oko. Steven Odey of PDP contested against Joe Agi of Apc. They totalled 129,207 and 19,165 votes respectively. Odey was declared the winner by INEC.
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Cross River State
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Cross River State Senate elections