1999 Oyo State gubernatorial election

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1999 Oyo State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Lam Adesina
Party AD PDP
Popular vote454,680219,200
Governor before election

Kolapo Ishola
SDP

Elected Governor

Lam Adesina
AD

The 1999 Oyo State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The AD nominee Lam Adesina won the election, defeating the PDP candidate. [1] [2]

Contents

Lam Adesina emerged AD candidate. [3] [4]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

AD primary

The AD primary election was won by Lam Adesina. [5] [6]

Results

The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,397,270. Total number of votes cast was 714,312, while number of valid votes was 693,349. Rejected votes were 20,963. [7] [8] [9]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Lam Adesina AD 454,68067.47
People's Democratic Party 219,20032.53
Total673,880100.00
Valid votes673,88096.98
Invalid/blank votes20,9633.02
Total votes694,843100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,397,27028.98
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. ↑ "PDF" (PDF). EISA. May 20, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  4. ↑ "PDF" (PDF). IFES. May 20, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  5. ↑ Saliu, Hassan A. (2005). Nigeria Under Democratic Rule, 1999-2003. University Press PLC. ISBN   978-978-030-907-7.
  6. ↑ Tracker, Nigerian (March 22, 2021). "How First Set Of 1999 Governors Went To Political Oblivion". Nigerian Tracker. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  7. ↑ "1999 governors: Where are they now?". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. February 18, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Nigeria: Election Monitoring, 2,18 Feb 1999". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
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