1999 Lagos State gubernatorial election

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1999 Lagos State gubernatorial election
←  1991 January 9, 1999 2003  →
 
Nominee Bola Tinubu
Party AD PDP
Popular vote841,732184,900
Governor before election

Michael Otedola
NRC

Elected Governor

Bola Tinubu
AD

The 1999 Lagos State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 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
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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References

  1. ↑ "NIGERIAN STATE ELECTED GOVERNORS - 1999". nigeriaworld.com. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Nigerian States". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  3. ↑ "1999 governors: Where are they now?". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. February 18, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  4. ↑ Policy, United States Congress House Committee on Banking and Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary (2000). Nigeria in Transition: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, May 25, 2000. U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN   978-0-16-061272-5.{{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ "Nigeria: Election Monitoring, 2,18 Feb 1999". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  6. ↑ "PDF" (PDF). EISA. May 20, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  7. ↑ "PDF" (PDF). IFES. May 20, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  8. ↑ Saliu, Hassan A. (2005). Nigeria Under Democratic Rule, 1999-2003. University Press PLC. ISBN   978-978-030-907-7.
  9. ↑ Tracker, Nigerian (March 22, 2021). "How First Set Of 1999 Governors Went To Political Oblivion". Nigerian Tracker. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  10. ↑ Tell. Tell Communications Limited. 1999.
  11. ↑ "Election results". www.geocities.ws. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  12. ↑ 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.
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