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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

The 1999 Rivers State gubernatorial election was held in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The PDP nominee Peter Odili won the election, defeating the APP candidate.[1][2][3][4][5]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

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PDP primary

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

Results

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

CandidatePartyVotes%
Peter OdiliPeople's Democratic Party770,07452.02
All People's Party710,28047.98
Total1,480,354100.00
Valid votes1,480,35499.49
Invalid/blank votes7,5210.51
Total votes1,487,875100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,207,00067.42
Source: Nigeria World, IFES, Semantics Scholar

References

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  1. ^ "1999 governors: Where are they now?". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. February 18, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Nigeria: Election Monitoring, 2,18 Feb 1999". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  4. ^ Saliu, Hassan A. (2005). Nigeria Under Democratic Rule, 1999-2003. University Press PLC. ISBN 978-978-030-907-7.
  5. ^ Tracker, Nigerian (March 22, 2021). "How First Set Of 1999 Governors Went To Political Oblivion". Nigerian Tracker. 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. ^ "NIGERIAN STATE ELECTED GOVERNORS - 1999". nigeriaworld.com. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Nigerian States". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
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