Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 27 February 1999. They were the first elections to be held since the 1993 military coup and were the first elections of the Fourth Nigerian Republic. A former military head of state from 1976 to 1979, Olusegun Obasanjo, was elected president. Supported by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he defeated Olu Falae who was backed by the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and All People's Party (APP). In 2025, Falae spoke up and claimed that "I won that election" instead of Obasanjo. He also claimed that his campaign didn't go to court as they were more concerned about the return to democracy after years of military rule.
Until 2023, this was the last election to not feature Muhammadu Buhari.
Results
By state State Obasanjo Falae Total colspan="2" rowspan="1" colspan="2" rowspan="1" Votes % Votes % Abia 360,823 67.33 175,095 32.67 535,918 Adamawa 667,239 78.95 177,868 21.05 845,107 Akwa Ibom 730,744 82.73 152,534 17.27 883,278 Anambra 633,717 76.06 199,461 23.94 833,178 Bauchi 834,308 70.91 342,233 29.09 1,176,541 Bayelsa 457,812 75.05 152,220 24.95 610,032 Benue 983,912 78.53 269,045 21.47 1,252,957 Borno 581,382 63.47 334,593 36.53 915,975 592,688 67.65 283,468 32.35 876,156 Delta 576,230 70.57 240,344 29.43 816,574 Ebonyi 250,987 72.56 94,934 27.44 345,921 Edo 516,581 75.99 163,203 24.01 679,784 Ekiti 191,618 26.85 522,072 73.15 713,690 Enugu 640,418 76.64 195,168 23.36 835,586 FCT 59,234 59.82 39,788 40.18 99,022 Gombe 533,158 63.13 311,381 36.87 844,539 Imo 421,767 57.30 314,339 42.70 736,106 Jigawa 311,571 56.79 237,025 43.21 548,596 Kaduna 1,294,679 77.25 381,350 22.75 1,676,029 Kano 682,255 75.41 222,458 24.59 904,713 Katsina 964,216 80.80 229,181 19.20 1,193,397 Kebbi 339,893 66.36 172,336 33.64 512,229 Kogi 507,903 51.58 476,807 48.42 984,710 Kwara 470,510 71.33 189,088 28.67 659,598 Lagos 209,012 11.93 1,542,969 88.07 1,751,981 Nasarawa 423,731 70.98 173,277 29.02 597,008 Niger 730,665 83.88 140,465 16.12 871,130 Ogun 143,564 30.17 332,340 69.83 475,904 Ondo 133,323 16.63 668,474 83.37 801,797 Osun 187,011 23.53 607,628 76.47 794,639 Oyo 227,668 24.71 693,510 75.29 921,178 Plateau 499,072 74.22 173,370 25.78 672,442 Rivers 1,352,275 86.37 213,328 13.63 1,565,603 Sokoto 155,598 43.90 198,829 56.10 354,427 Taraba 789,749 90.67 81,290 9.33 871,039 Yobe 146,517 47.02 165,061 52.98 311,578 Zamfara 136,324 35.87 243,755 64.13 380,079 Total 18,738,154 62.78 11,110,287 37.22 29,848,441 Source: Observing the 1998–99 Nigeria Elections (p. 54)
Aftermath After Obasanjo was declared winner,On May 29, 1999, military leader General Abdulsalami Abubakar officially handed over power to President Olusegun Obasanjo, ending 16 years of military rule.And the Nigeria 1999 constitutions is written.
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