1999 Oyo State gubernatorial election
{{short description|1999 gubernatorial election in Oyo State, Nigeria}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1999 Oyo State gubernatorial election
| country =
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| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1991 Oyo State gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1991
| next_election = 2003 Oyo State gubernatorial election
| next_year = 2003
| election_date = January 9, 1999
| turnout =
| nominee1 = Lam Adesina
| running_mate1 =
| party1 = Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)
| popular_vote1 = 454,680
| percentage1 =
| nominee2 =
| running_mate2 =
| party2 = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
| popular_vote2 = 219,200
| percentage2 =
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| title = Governor
| before_election = Kolapo Ishola
| before_party = SDP
| after_election = Lam Adesina
| after_party = Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)
}}
The 1999 Oyo State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The AD nominee Lam Adesina 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}}
Lam Adesina 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 Oyo State is elected using the plurality voting system.
Primary election
=AD primary=
The AD primary election was won by Lam Adesina.{{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 2,397,270. Total number of votes cast was 714,312, while number of valid votes was 693,349. Rejected votes were 20,963.{{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}}
{{Election results
|cand1=Lam Adesina|party1=AD|votes1=454680
|cand2=|party2=People's Democratic Party|votes2=219200
|invalid=20963
|electorate=2397270
|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]
}}