1999 Sokoto State gubernatorial election

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1999 Sokoto State gubernatorial election
  1991 January 9, 1999 2003  
 
Nominee Attahiru Bafarawa Muhammadu Modi Yabo
Party All People's Party (Nigeria) PDP
Running mate Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko Abdullahi Aminu Tafida
Popular vote249,205182,655

Governor before election

Yahaya Abdulkarim
NRC

Elected Governor

Attahiru Bafarawa
All People's Party (Nigeria)

The 1999 Sokoto State gubernatorial election occurred on January 9, 1999. APP candidate Attahiru Bafarawa won the election, defeating PDP candidate Muhammadu Modi Yabo. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Results

Attahiru Bafarawa from the APP won the election. PDP candidate Muhammadu Modi Yabo and AD candidate contested in the election. [7] [8]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,248,311, total votes cast was 462,595, valid votes was 436,738 and rejected votes was 25,857. [9] [10] [11]

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