Nigerian presidential election, 1999

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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%.

Results

Voting during the 1999 presidential election in Nigeria

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

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