2003 Rivers State gubernatorial election

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

A total of four candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.^[21] PDP Governor Peter Odili won re-election for a second term, defeating ANPP's Sergeant Awuse and two other candidates.^{[7][22][23][24][25][26]}

The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,272,238. However, only 92.93% (i.e. 2,111,625) of registered voters participated in the exercise.^[6][7]