1999 Nigerian presidential election

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1999 Nigerian presidential election

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Nominee Olusegun Obasanjo Olu Falae
Party
PDP
ADAPP
Running mate Atiku Abubakar Umaru Shinkafi
Popular vote 18,738,154 11,110,287
Percentage 62.78% 37.22%

States won by Obasanjo (in green), and Falae (blue)

President before election

Abdusalami Abubakar

Elected President

Olusegun Obasanjo

PDP

Presidential elections were held in

People's Democratic Party, who defeated Olu Falae, who was running on a joint Alliance for Democracy-All People's Party ticket.[1]
Voter turnout was 52.3%.

Results

Voting during the 1999 presidential election in Nigeria
CandidatePartyVotes%
People's Democratic Party
18,738,15462.78
Olu FalaeADAPP11,110,28737.22
Total29,848,441100.00
Valid votes29,848,44198.57
Invalid/blank votes431,6111.43
Total votes30,280,052100.00
Registered voters/turnout57,938,94552.26
Source: African Elections Database

References

  1. ^ Elections in Nigeria African Elections Database