User:Kambai Akau/2012 Cross River gubernatorial election

The 2012 Cross River State gubernatorial election occurred on February 25, 2012. PDP's Liyel Imoke won election for a second term, defeating other party candidates. Imoke received 90.11% of the total vote winning in 14 of the state's 18 LGAs, closely followed by ACN's Pastor Usani Usani Gundiri with --% of votes.

Electoral system
The Governor of Cross River State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Results
A total of 12 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Liyel Imoke won the election for a second term, defeating ACN candidate and other minor party candidates. Imoke received 90.1% of the votes.

The total number of registered voters was 1,242,916, while the accredited voters were -. The total votes cast was 501,117, of which 489,939 were valid votes and 11,178 were invalid votes.

By local government area
Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of -- represents the -- political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Murtala Nyako. Blue represents LGAs won by Markus Gundiri.