1999 Ondo State gubernatorial election

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1999 Ondo State gubernatorial election
← 1991 January 9, 1999 2003 →
 
Nominee Adebayo Adefarati
Party AD PDP
Popular vote 328,053 195,682
Governor before election

Bamidele Olumilua
SDP

Elected Governor

Adebayo Adefarati
AD

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

Adebayo Adefarati emerged AD candidate.[6][7]

Electoral system[]

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

Primary election[]

AD primary[]

The AD primary election was won by Adebayo Adefarati.[8][9]

Results[]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,333,617. Total number of votes cast was 557,148, while number of valid votes was 544,299. Rejected votes were 12,849.[10][11][12]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Adebayo AdefaratiAD328,05362.64
People's Democratic Party195,68237.36
Total523,735100.00
Valid votes523,73597.61
Invalid/blank votes12,8492.39
Total votes536,584100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,333,61740.24
Source: Nigeria World, IFES, Semantics Scholar

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. ^ Policy, United States Congress House Committee on Banking and Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary (2000). 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. 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. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "PDF" (PDF). IFES. May 20, 2021. 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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