1999 Ondo State gubernatorial election
{{short description|1999 gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Nigeria}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1999 Ondo State gubernatorial election
| country =
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| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1991 Ondo State gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1991
| next_election = 2003 Ondo State gubernatorial election
| next_year = 2003
| election_date = 9 January 1999
| turnout =
| nominee1 = Adebayo Adefarati
| running_mate1 =
| party1 = Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)
| popular_vote1 = 328,053
| percentage1 =
| nominee2 =
| running_mate2 =
| party2 = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
| popular_vote2 = 195,682
| percentage2 =
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| title = Governor
| before_election = Moses Fasanya
| before_party =
| after_election = Adebayo Adefarati
| after_party = Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)
}}
The 1999 Ondo State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on 9 January 1999. The AD nominee Adebayo Adefarati won the election defeating the PDP candidate.{{Cite web|title=NIGERIAN STATE ELECTED GOVERNORS - 1999|url=https://nigeriaworld.com/focus/states/governors1999.html|access-date=2021-05-20|website=nigeriaworld.com}}{{Cite web |title=Nigerian States |url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm |access-date=2021-05-20 |website=www.worldstatesmen.org}}{{Cite web |date=2017-02-18 |title=1999 governors: Where are they now? |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/1999-governors-now/ |access-date=2021-05-20 |website=Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFQhMvSJDtQC |title=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 |date=2000 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-061272-5|language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Nigeria: Election Monitoring, 2,18 Feb 1999 |url=https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Urgent_Action/apic_21899.html |access-date=2021-05-20 |website=www.africa.upenn.edu}}
Adebayo Adefarati emerged AD candidate.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-20 |title=PDF |url=https://www.eisa.org/pdf/JAE8.1Egwu.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-20|website=EISA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220162904/https://www.eisa.org/pdf/JAE8.1Egwu.pdf |archive-date=December 20, 2020 }}{{Cite web |date=2021-05-20 |title=PDF|url=https://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/r01781.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-20|website=IFES|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203164238/http://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/r01781.pdf |archive-date=December 3, 2017 }}
Electoral system
The Governor of Ondo State is elected using the plurality voting system.
Primary election
=AD primary=
The AD primary election was won by Adebayo Adefarati.{{Cite book |last=Saliu |first=Hassan A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vjoWAQAAIAAJ |title=Nigeria Under Democratic Rule, 1999-2003|date=2005|publisher=University Press PLC |isbn=978-978-030-907-7 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Tracker|first=Nigerian|date=2021-03-22|title=How First Set Of 1999 Governors Went To Political Oblivion|url=https://nigeriantracker.com/2021/03/22/how-first-set-of-1999-governors-went-to-political-oblivion/|access-date=2021-05-20|website=Nigerian Tracker|language=en-US}}
Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,333,617. Total number of votes cast was 557,148, while number of valid votes was 544,299. Rejected votes were 12,849.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VE0uAQAAIAAJ |title=Tell |date=1999 |publisher=Tell Communications Limited |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Election results |url=http://www.geocities.ws/ndlf/elec.html |access-date=2021-05-21 |website=www.geocities.ws}}{{Cite book |last1=Maja-Pearce |first1=Adewale |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PJoPAQAAMAAJ |title=From Khaki to Agbada: A Handbook for the February, 1999 Elections in Nigeria |last2=Organisation (Nigeria) |first2=Civil Liberties |date=1999 |publisher=Civil Liberties Organisation |isbn=978-978-32188-9-5 |language=en}}
{{Election results
|cand1=Adebayo Adefarati|party1=AD|votes1=328053
|cand2=|party2=People's Democratic Party|votes2=195682
|invalid=12849
|electorate=1333617
|source=[https://nigeriaworld.com/focus/states/governors1999.html Nigeria World], [https://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/r01781.pdf IFES], [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Intra-and-inter-party-post-election-crisis%2Ffeud-in-Akindele/2e30363a435143c80ffe4142234eb3b80845091c Semantics Scholar]
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