1999 Ekiti State gubernatorial election

1999 Ekiti State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Niyi Adebayo
Party AD PDP
Popular vote 300,118 112,606
Elected Governor

Niyi Adebayo
AD

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

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

Electoral system

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

Primary election

AD primary

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

Results

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,075,278. Total number of votes cast was 504,958, while number of valid votes was 494,963. Rejected votes were 9,995.[10][11][12]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Niyi AdebayoAlliance for Democracy300,11872.72
People's Democratic Party112,60627.28
Total412,724100.00
Valid votes412,72497.64
Invalid/blank votes9,9952.36
Total votes422,719100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,075,27839.31
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. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Nigeria: Election Monitoring, 2,18 Feb 1999". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "PDF" (PDF). EISA. May 20, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "PDF" (PDF). IFES. May 20, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2017. 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.