1999 Oyo State gubernatorial election

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1999 Oyo State gubernatorial election
← 1991 January 9, 1999 2003 →
 
Nominee Lam Adesina
Party AD PDP
Popular vote 454,680 219,200
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]

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 AdesinaAD454,68067.47
People's Democratic Party219,20032.53
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

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. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "PDF" (PDF). IFES. May 20, 2021. 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. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Nigeria: Election Monitoring, 2,18 Feb 1999". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
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