1999 Lagos State gubernatorial election

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1999 Lagos State gubernatorial election
  1991 9 January 1999 2003  
 
Nominee Bola Tinubu Dapo Sarumi
Party AD PDP
Running mate Kofoworola Bucknor
Popular vote841,732184,900

Governor before election

Buba Marwa

Elected Governor

Bola Tinubu
AD

The 1999 Lagos State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on 9 January 1999. The AD nominee Bola Tinubu won the election defeating the PDP candidate. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Bola Tinubu emerged AD candidate. [6] [7]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

AD primary

The AD primary election was won by Bola Tinubu. [8] [9]

Results

The total number of registered voters in the state was 4,093,143. Total number of votes cast was 1,184,372, while number of valid votes was 1,149,375. Rejected votes were 34,997. [10] [11] [12]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Bola Tinubu Alliance for Deomocracy 841,73281.99
Dapo Sarumi People's Democratic Party 184,90018.01
Total1,026,632100.00
Valid votes1,026,63296.70
Invalid/blank votes34,9973.30
Total votes1,061,629100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,093,14325.94
Source: Nigeria World, IFES, Semantics Scholar

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