Nigerian presidential election, 1999

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Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 27 February 1999, the first since the 1993 military coup. 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.^[1] Voter turnout was 52.3%.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Olusegun Obasanjo	People's Democratic Party	18,738,154	62.78
Olu Falae	Alliance for Democracy-All People's Party	11,110,287	37.22
Invalid/blank votes		431,611	-
Total		30,280,052	100

References

1. ^ Elections in Nigeria African Elections Database