1999 Nigerian presidential election

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27 February 1999

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States won by Obasanjo (in green), and Falae (blue)

President before election

Abdusalami Abubakar

Elected President

Olusegun Obasanjo
PDP

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Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 27 February 1999. These were the first elections since the 1993 military coup, and the first elections of the Fourth Nigerian Republic. The result was a victory for Olusegun Obasanjo of the People's Democratic Party, who defeated Olu Falae, who was running on a joint Alliance for Democracy-All People's Party ticket. Voter turnout was 52.3%.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Olusegun Obasanjo	People's Democratic Party	18,738,154	62.78
	Olu Falae	AD–APP	11,110,287	37.22
Total			29,848,441	100.00

Valid votes			29,848,441	98.57
Invalid/blank votes			431,611	1.43
Total votes			30,280,052	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			57,938,945	52.26
Source: African Elections Database

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See also: State and local elections