1999 Cross River State gubernatorial election

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1999 Cross River State gubernatorial election
  1991 January 9, 1999 2003  
 
Nominee Donald Duke
Party PDP All People's Party (Nigeria)
Popular vote529,335457,660

Governor before election

Clement Ebri
NRC

Elected Governor

Donald Duke
PDP

The 1999 Cross River State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The PDP nominee Donald Duke won the election, defeating the APP candidate. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Donald Duke emerged PDP candidate. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was won by Donald Duke. [8] [9]

Results

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,091,930. Total number of votes cast was 1,006,387 while number of valid votes was 998,607. Rejected votes were 7,780. [10] [11] [12]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Donald Duke People's Democratic Party 529,33553.63
All People's Party 457,66046.37
Total986,995100.00
Valid votes986,99599.22
Invalid/blank votes7,7800.78
Total votes994,775100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,091,93091.10
Source: Nigeria World, IFES, Semantics Scholar

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