1999 Niger State gubernatorial election

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1999 Niger State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Abdulkadir Kure
Party PDP All People's Party (Nigeria)
Popular vote600,695158,549
Governor before election

Musa Inuwa
NRC

Elected Governor

Abdulkadir Kure
PDP

The 1999 Niger State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The PDP nominee Abdulkadir Kure won the election, defeating the APP candidate. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Abdulkadir Kure emerged PDP candidate. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was won by Abdulkadir Kure. [8] [9]

Results

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,553,303. Total number of votes cast was 786,979 while number of valid votes was 764,646. Rejected votes were 22,334. [10] [11] [12]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Abdulkadir Kure People's Democratic Party 600,69579.12
All People's Party 158,54920.88
Total759,244100.00
Valid votes759,24497.14
Invalid/blank votes22,3342.86
Total votes781,578100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,553,30350.32
Source: Nigeria World, IFES, Semantics Scholar

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References

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  2. ↑ 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. 2000. ISBN   978-0-16-061272-5.
  3. ↑ "Nigeria: Election Monitoring, 2,18 Feb 1999". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  4. ↑ "NIGERIAN STATE ELECTED GOVERNORS - 1999". nigeriaworld.com. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Nigerian States". www.worldstatesmen.org. 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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