1999 Nigerian presidential election

1999 Nigerian presidential election

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Nominee Olusegun Obasanjo Olu Falae Party PDP AD–APP Running mate Atiku Abubakar Umaru Shinkafi Popular vote 18,738,154 11,110,287 Percentage 62.78% 37.22%

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.^[1] Voter turnout was 52.3%.