1999 Osun State gubernatorial election

1999 Osun State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Adebisi Akande
Party AD All People's Party (Nigeria)
Popular vote 295,557 136,105
Governor before election

Isiaka Adeleke
SDP

Elected Governor

Adebisi Akande
AD

The 1999 Osun State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The AD nominee Adebisi Akande won the election, defeating the APP candidate.[1][2]

Adebisi Akande emerged AD candidate.[3][4]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

AD primary

The AD primary election was won by Adebisi Akande.[5][6]

Results

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,496,058. Total number of votes cast was 547,077, while number of valid votes was 536,252. Rejected votes were 10,825.[7][8][9]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Adebisi AkandeAlliance for Democracy295,55768.47
All People's Party136,10531.53
Total431,662100.00
Valid votes431,66297.55
Invalid/blank votes10,8252.45
Total votes442,487100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,496,05829.58
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.
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  4. ^ "PDF" (PDF). IFES. May 20, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2017. 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. ^ 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. 2000. ISBN 978-0-16-061272-5.
  9. ^ "Nigeria: Election Monitoring, 2,18 Feb 1999". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved May 20, 2021.