What happened when Obasanjo, Buhari and Ojukwu battled for Nigeria's top seat?
Four years after a direct contest between two candidates for Nigeria's biggest political prize, the 2003 presidential election attracted a total of 20 candidates but only three of them fought for the bulk of the votes.
In his pursuit of a second term as president, Olusegun Obasanjo won the ticket of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) again.
Olusegun Obasanjo was Nigeria's president between 1999 and 2007
After a chaotic reign as a military ruler in the 1980s, Muhammadu Buhari made his first crack at becoming a democratic president, as the flagbearer of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP).
Ojukwu โ 281,114 (27.7%)
Jigawa
Buhari โ 885,505 (80.4%)
Obasanjo โ 202,502 (18.4%)
Ojukwu โ 2,136 (0.2%)
Kaduna
Buhari โ 870,454 (45.4%)
Obasanjo โ 1,025,347 (53.4%)
Ojukwu โ 7,800 (0.4%)
Kano
Buhari โ 1,628,085 (74.9%)
Obasanjo โ 492,755 (22.7%)
Ojukwu โ 10,229 (0.5%)
Kastina
Buhari โ 1,259,789 (76.2%)
Obasanjo โ 380,914 (23%)
Ojukwu โ 2,928 (0.2%)
Kebbi
Buhari โ 529,512 (65%)
Obasanjo โ 272,564 (33.4%)
Ojukwu โ 3,888 (0.5%)
Kogi
Buhari โ 314,494 (36.4%)
Obasanjo โ 528,778 (61.2%)
Ojukwu โ 2,275 (0.3%)
Kwara
Buhari โ 170,325 (29.6%)
Obasanjo โ 390,800 (68%)
Ojukwu โ 2,293 (0.4%)
Lagos
Buhari โ 116,510 (7.1%)
Obasanjo โ 1,129,521 (69.3%)
Ojukwu โ 134,764 (8.3%)
Nasarawa
Buhari โ 244,005 (33.5%)
Obasanjo โ 470,936 (64.6%)
Ojukwu โ 1,488 (0.2%)
Niger
Buhari โ 390,103 (39.7%)
Obasanjo โ 486,621(49.5%)
Ojukwu โ 11,849 (1.2%)
Ogun
Buhari โ 680 (0.1%)
Obasanjo โ 1,360,170 (99.9%)
Ojukwu โ 27 (0%)
Ondo
Buhari โ 31,994 (3.6%)
Obasanjo โ 840,988 (94.6%)
Ojukwu โ 4,180 (0.5%)
Osun
Buhari โ 14,369 (2.3%)
Obasanjo โ 582,089 (95.2%)
Ojukwu โ 1,424 (0.2%)
Oyo
Buhari โ 25,112 (2.8%)
Obasanjo โ 828,725 (93.9%)
Ojukwu โ 4,519 (0.5%)
Plateau
Buhari โ 324,566 (30.9%)
Obasanjo โ 706,432 (67.3%)
Ojukwu โ 6,362 (0.6%)
Rivers
Buhari โ 42,346 (2%)
Obasanjo โ 2,003,521 (92.7%)
Ojukwu โ 5,964 (0.3%)
Sokoto
Buhari โ 681,153 (73.3%)
Obasanjo โ 232,258 (25%)
Ojukwu โ 6,869 (0.7%)
Taraba
Buhari โ 198,023 (21.9%)
Obasanjo โ 694,527 (76.6%)
Ojukwu โ 1,179 (0.1%)
Yobe
Buhari โ 383,583 (64%)
Obasanjo โ 206,984 (34.5%)
Ojukwu โ 3,522 (0.6%)
Zamfara
Buhari โ 843,159 (80%)
Obasanjo โ 200,702 (19%)
Ojukwu โ 4,590 (0.4%)
Total
Buhari โ 12,710,022 (32.2%)
Obasanjo โ 24,456,140 (61.9%) โ Winner
Ojukwu โ 1,297,445 (3.3%)