1999 Yobe State gubernatorial election

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1999 Yobe State gubernatorial election
  1991 January 9, 1999 2003  
 
Nominee Bukar Ibrahim Baba Goni Machina
Party All People's Party (Nigeria) PDP
Running mateAliyu Saleh Bagare
Popular vote150,688140,948

Governor before election

Musa Mohammed
Military

Elected Governor

Bukar Ibrahim
All People's Party (Nigeria)

The 1999 Yobe State gubernatorial election occurred on January 9, 1999. APP candidate Bukar Ibrahim won the election, defeating PDP candidate. [1]

Results

Bukar Ibrahim from the APP won the election. PDP and AD candidates contested in the election. [2]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 877,580, total votes cast was 317,243, valid votes was 294,572 and rejected votes was 22,671. [3]

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References

  1. "NIGERIA". www.hrw.org. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  2. "NIGERIAN ELECTIONS SINCE 1999 What does Democracy Mean?" (PDF). www.eisa.org. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  3. "NIGERIAN STATE ELECTED GOVERNORS - 1999". nigeriaworld.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.