Incumbent PDP Governor Samuel Ortom won re-election for a second term, defeating APC Emmanuel Jime and several minor party candidates.
[5][6] Emmanuel Jime was the APC candidate with Samuel Ode as his running mate.
[10][11] Samuel Ortom won the primary election polling 2,210 votes against three other candidates.
[19][20] A total number of 33 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.
The total valid votes of 830,954 represents the 33 political parties that participated in the election.