1999 Ogun State gubernatorial election

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1999 Ogun State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Olusegun Osoba
Party AD PDP
Popular vote247,154122,139
Governor before election

Olusegun Osoba
SDP

Elected Governor

Olusegun Osoba
AD

The 1999 Ogun State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The AD nominee Olusegun Osoba won the election defeating the PDP candidate. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Olusegun Osoba emerged AD candidate. [6] [7]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

AD primary

The AD primary election was won by Olusegun Osoba. [8] [9]

Results

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,592,502. Total number of votes cast was 403,260 while number of valid votes was 391,395. Rejected votes were 11,865. [10] [11] [12]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Olusegun Osoba AD 247,15466.93
People's Democratic Party 122,13933.07
Total369,293100.00
Valid votes369,29396.89
Invalid/blank votes11,8653.11
Total votes381,158100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,592,50223.93
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. ↑ 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.
  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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