1999 Rivers State gubernatorial election

The 1999 Rivers State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The PDP nominee Peter Odili won the election, defeating the APP candidate.^[1][2][3]

1999 Rivers State gubernatorial election

← 1991 January 9, 1999 2003 →

Nominee Peter Odili Party PDP All People's Party (Nigeria) Popular vote 770,074 710,280

Governor before election Rufus Ada George NRC Elected Governor Peter Odili PDP

Peter Odili emerged PDP candidate.^[4][5]

Electoral system

The governor of Tivers State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was won by Peter Odili.^[6][7]

Results

The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,207,000. Total number of votes cast was 747,296, while number of valid votes was 1,580,807. Rejected votes were 7,521.^[8][9]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Peter Odili	People's Democratic Party	770,074	52.02
	All People's Party	710,280	47.98
Total			1,480,354	100.00
Valid votes			1,480,354	99.49
Invalid/blank votes			7,521	0.51
Total votes			1,487,875	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,207,000	67.42
Source: Nigeria World, IFES, Semantics Scholar

References

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