The 2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on 18 November 2017, the APGA nominee Willie Obiano won re-election, defeating Tony Nwoye of the APC.

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Willie Obiano won APGA gubernatorial candidate after emerging the sole candidate.^[12][13] He picked Nkem Okeke as his running mate.^{[14][15][16][17][18]} Tony Nwoye was the APC candidate with Dozie Ikedife as his running mate.^[19] 37 candidates contested in the election.^[20]

Electoral system

The Governor of Anambra State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Primary election

Results

A total number of 37 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.^{[52][53][54][55][56][57]}

The total number of registered voters in the state were 88,793, accredited voters 457,311, total number of votes cast was 448,771, while number of valid votes were 422,314. 6,457 votes were rejected.^[5][58]

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