1999 Nigerian presidential election

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1999 Nigerian presidential election

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Nominee Olusegun Obasanjo Olu Falae
Party PDP ADAPP
Running mate Atiku Abubakar Umaru Shinkafi
Popular vote 18,738,154 11,110,287
Percentage 62.78% 37.22%

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States won by Obasanjo (in green), and Falae (blue)

President before election

Abdusalami Abubakar

Elected President

Olusegun Obasanjo
PDP

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 27 February 1999. These were the first elections since the 1993 military coup, and the first elections of the Fourth Nigerian Republic. The result was a victory for Olusegun Obasanjo of the People's Democratic Party, who defeated Olu Falae, who was running on a joint Alliance for Democracy-All People's Party ticket.[1] Voter turnout was 52.3%.

Results

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Voting during the 1999 presidential election in Nigeria

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References

  1. Elections in Nigeria African Elections Database