1999 Ekiti State gubernatorial election

1999 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State, Nigeria

1999 Ekiti State gubernatorial election | <- 1991 | January 9, 1999 | 2003 ->

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Nominee  | Niyi Adebayo |  |
Party  | AD | PDP
Popular vote  | 300,118  | 112,606

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Niyi Adebayo

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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

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

## Primary election

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### AD primary

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

## Results

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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]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Niyi Adebayo| Alliance for Democracy| 300,118| 72.72
| People's Democratic Party| 112,606| 27.28
Total| 412,724| 100.00
Valid votes| 412,724| 97.64
Invalid/blank votes| 9,995| 2.36
Total votes| 422,719| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 1,075,278| 39.31
Source: Nigeria World, IFES, Semantics Scholar

## References

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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.