The 2008 Cross River State gubernatorial election occurred on August 23, 2008.^[1] Incumbent PDP Governor Liyel Imoke won re-election in the supplementary election, defeating ANPP candidate, Paul Ukpo, to emerge winner.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]}

Liyel Imoke emerged the PDP candidate at the primary election. His running mate Effiok Cobham.^{[24][25][26][27][28]}

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

The two main contenders registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the re-run election were PDP Governor Liyel Imoke, who won the contest by polling 650,723 votes, and ANPP's Paul Ukpo, who follows closely with 15,734. There was a total of 694,853 votes cast in the election and 13,749 invalid votes.^{[1][29][30][31]}