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Cross River Governorship Election

Planned Mundx Election Hub page for the cross river governorship election, scheduled for 6 February 2027.

Until Election Day · 6 February 2027

Election date
6 February 2027
Geography
Cross River · South South
INEC contest code
Statewide contest
Page status
Pre-election page; no results are published.

This page does not declare an election result. Only INEC declares official election results.

Election candidates

Candidates for Cross River

Provisional nominations

12 candidates are currently tracked for this contest. This provisional tracker may not yet reproduce every name displayed at the state INEC office; names and affiliations remain subject to correction or replacement.

12 tracked candidates · 12 parties
NowProvisional candidatesCandidate nominations and key dates
6 OctFinal candidate listConfirmed candidates and parties
Election dayLive Cross River countVotes, reporting coverage and checks
After declarationPermanent resultWinner, complete totals and LGA results
Action Alliance logoAAAction Alliance

Ali Patrick

African Democratic Congress logoADCAfrican Democratic Congress

Nkoyo Toyo

Action Democratic Party logoADPAction Democratic Party

Joylyne Ita Hogan-Bassey

All Progressives Congress logoAPCAll Progressives Congress

Bassey Edet Otu

Incumbent
Allied Peoples Movement logoAPMAllied Peoples Movement

Esege Ntami Nkanu

Action Peoples Party logoAPPAction Peoples Party

Nya Basil Bassey

Labour Party logoLPLabour Party

Obu Ogar Osim

Nigeria Democratic Congress logoNDCNigeria Democratic Congress

John Upan Odey

New Nigeria Peoples Party logoNNPPNew Nigeria Peoples Party

Okon Ita Festus

National Rescue Movement logoNRMNational Rescue Movement

Chigbe Chioma Vivian

Peoples Democratic Party logoPDPPeoples Democratic Party

Arthur Jarvis Archibong

Social Democratic Party logoSDPSocial Democratic Party

Fidelis Akpanke

Provisional. Withdrawals and replacements remain possible until 22 September 2026. Final list scheduled for 6 October 2026.

Last reviewed 1 September 2026 · Official INEC reference ↗

Statewide context

Cross River election geography

Incumbent candidate
Bassey Edet Otu
Local government areas
18
Wards
193
Polling units
3,281
2023 registered voters
1,766,466

State context

About the Cross River governorship election

The governor leads the state executive, implements state laws and public programmes, proposes the state budget and appoints commissioners subject to the constitutional role of the State House of Assembly.

In Cross River, this statewide contest spans 18 LGAs, 193 wards and 3,281 polling units. The 2023 register contained 1,766,466 voters. These figures provide context; the 2027 register may change before polling day.

Evidence and revisions

Sources and update history

Primary references

Revision history

  1. Published the provisional candidate tracker in party order with logos, election geography, 2023 baseline, sources and the permanent election lifecycle.
How this page will change

This permanent URL will move from provisional nominations to the final candidate list, live result reporting and the declared result. Mundx will record material substitutions, withdrawals and result corrections here. Until the complete official state list is independently verified, the count is labelled “currently tracked” rather than complete.

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