2011 Rivers State gubernatorial election

A total of 29 candidates contested in the election. Rotimi Amaechi from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Celestine Omehia from the All Progressives Grand Alliance. Registered voters was 2,442,488, valid votes was 1,373,469, votes cast was 1,401,464, 27,995 votes was cancelled.^{[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]}

2011 Rivers State gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PDP	Rotimi Amaechi	1,178,529
	APGA	Celestine Omehia	112,528
	PDP hold