1999 Borno State gubernatorial election

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1999 Borno State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Mala Kachalla Baba Ahmad Jidda
Party All People's Party (Nigeria) PDP
Running mateAli Abubakar
Popular vote388,058348,800
Governor before election

Maina Maaji Lawan
SDP

Elected Governor

Mala Kachalla
All People's Party (Nigeria)

The 1999 Borno State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The APP nominee Mala Kachalla won the election, defeating the PDP candidate, Baba Ahmad Jidda. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Mala Kachalla emerged APP candidate, while Baba Ahmad Jidda emerged the PDP candidate. [6] [7]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

APP primary

The APP primary election was won by Mala Kachalla. [8] [9]

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was won by Baba Ahmad Jidda. [10] [11]

Results

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,690,943. Total number of votes cast was 765,241 while number of valid votes was 741,953. Rejected votes were 23,288. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Mala Kachalla All People's Party 388,05852.66
Baba Ahmad Jidda People's Democratic Party 348,80047.34
Total736,858100.00
Valid votes736,85896.94
Invalid/blank votes23,2883.06
Total votes760,146100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,690,94344.95
Source: Nigeria World, IFES, Semantics Scholar

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References

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  9. ↑ Tracker, Nigerian (March 22, 2021). "How First Set Of 1999 Governors Went To Political Oblivion". Nigerian Tracker. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  10. ↑ "ALHAJI BABA AHMED JIDDA v. ALHAJI MALA KACHALLAH & ORS". LawCareNigeria. January 22, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
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  13. ↑ "Election results". www.geocities.ws. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  14. ↑ Maja-Pearce, Adewale; Organisation (Nigeria), Civil Liberties (1999). From Khaki to Agbada: A Handbook for the February, 1999 Elections in Nigeria. Civil Liberties Organisation. ISBN   978-978-32188-9-5.
  15. ↑ Abdulkadir, A. T.; Maradun, A. A.; Babajo, Mustafa (2004). Makers of Northern Nigeria. De Imam Ventures.
  16. ↑ Ugochukwu, Basil; Ononiwu, Chijioke (2000). The Judiciary and Democratic Transition in Nigeria: An Analytical Report Evaluating the Performance of the Nigerian Judiciary in Resolving Disputes Arising from the 1998-1999 Transition to Democracy Programme. Legal Defence Centre. ISBN   978-978-047-397-6.
  17. ↑ Thurston, Alexander (September 22, 2016). Salafism in Nigeria. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-107-15743-9.
  18. ↑ Paden, John N. (March 30, 2006). Muslim Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution: The Challenge of Democratic Federalism in Nigeria. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN   978-0-8157-9787-6.
  19. ↑ Nigeria Returns to Democracy. Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. 1999.
  20. ↑ Ojakaminor, Efeturi (2004). Nigeria's Ghana-must-go Republic: Happenings. Ambassador Publications. ISBN   978-978-2107-73-2.
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