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1999 Nigerian presidential election

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Field	Value
election_name	1999 Nigerian presidential election
country	Nigeria
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1993 Nigerian presidential election
previous_year	1993
next_election	2003 Nigerian presidential election
next_year	2003
election_date	27 February 1999
registered	57,938,945
turnout	52.26%
image1	[[File:Olusegun Obasanjo 1-2.jpg	150x150px]]
nominee1	Olusegun Obasanjo
party1	Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)
running_mate1	Atiku Abubakar
states_carried1	27 + FCT
popular_vote1	18,738,154
percentage1	62.78%
image2	[[File:3x4.svg	150x150px]]
nominee2	Olu Falae
party2	AD–APP
running_mate2	Umaru Shinkafi
colour2	D82628
states_carried2	9
popular_vote2	11,110,287
percentage2	37.22%
map_image	Map of the 1999 Nigerian presidential election.svg
map_caption	Results by state
title	President
before_election	Abdulsalami Abubakar
before_party	Independent politician
after_election	Olusegun Obasanjo
after_party	Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)

Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 27 February 1999. They were the first elections to be held since the 1993 military coup and were the first elections of the Fourth Nigerian Republic. A former military head of state from 1976 to 1979, Olusegun Obasanjo, was elected president. Supported by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he defeated Olu Falae who was backed by the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and All People's Party (APP). In 2025, Falae spoke up and claimed that "I won that election" instead of Obasanjo. He also claimed that his campaign didn't go to court as they were more concerned about the return to democracy after years of military rule.

Until 2023, this was the last election to not feature Muhammadu Buhari.

Results

Voting during the 1999 presidential election in Nigeria

By state

State	Obasanjo	Falae	Total	Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}	Labour Party (Nigeria)}}
Abia	360,823	67.33	175,095	32.67	535,918
Adamawa	667,239	78.95	177,868	21.05	845,107
Akwa Ibom	730,744	82.73	152,534	17.27	883,278
Anambra	633,717	76.06	199,461	23.94	833,178
Bauchi	834,308	70.91	342,233	29.09	1,176,541
Bayelsa	457,812	75.05	152,220	24.95	610,032
Benue	983,912	78.53	269,045	21.47	1,252,957
Borno	581,382	63.47	334,593	36.53	915,975
Cross River	592,688	67.65	283,468	32.35	876,156
Delta	576,230	70.57	240,344	29.43	816,574
Ebonyi	250,987	72.56	94,934	27.44	345,921
Edo	516,581	75.99	163,203	24.01	679,784
Ekiti	191,618	26.85	522,072	73.15	713,690
Enugu	640,418	76.64	195,168	23.36	835,586
FCT	59,234	59.82	39,788	40.18	99,022
Gombe	533,158	63.13	311,381	36.87	844,539
Imo	421,767	57.30	314,339	42.70	736,106
Jigawa	311,571	56.79	237,025	43.21	548,596
Kaduna	1,294,679	77.25	381,350	22.75	1,676,029
Kano	682,255	75.41	222,458	24.59	904,713
Katsina	964,216	80.80	229,181	19.20	1,193,397
Kebbi	339,893	66.36	172,336	33.64	512,229
Kogi	507,903	51.58	476,807	48.42	984,710
Kwara	470,510	71.33	189,088	28.67	659,598
Lagos	209,012	11.93	1,542,969	88.07	1,751,981
Nasarawa	423,731	70.98	173,277	29.02	597,008
Niger	730,665	83.88	140,465	16.12	871,130
Ogun	143,564	30.17	332,340	69.83	475,904
Ondo	133,323	16.63	668,474	83.37	801,797
Osun	187,011	23.53	607,628	76.47	794,639
Oyo	227,668	24.71	693,510	75.29	921,178
Plateau	499,072	74.22	173,370	25.78	672,442
Rivers	1,352,275	86.37	213,328	13.63	1,565,603
Sokoto	155,598	43.90	198,829	56.10	354,427
Taraba	789,749	90.67	81,290	9.33	871,039
Yobe	146,517	47.02	165,061	52.98	311,578
Zamfara	136,324	35.87	243,755	64.13	380,079
Total	18,738,154	62.78	11,110,287	37.22	29,848,441
Source: Observing the 1998–99 Nigeria Elections (p. 54)

References

Ajia, Jide. (2025-06-13). "I won 1999 presidential election, not Obasanjo – Olu Falae". [[The Punch]].

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