1999 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election

The 1999 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The PDP nominee Obong Victor Attah won the election, defeating the APP candidate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

1999 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election

← 1991 January 9, 1999 2003 →

Nominee Obong Victor Attah Party PDP All People's Party (Nigeria) Running mate Chris Ekpenyong Popular vote 843,360 317,373

Governor before election John Ebiye Nigerian military junta Elected Governor Obong Victor Attah PDP

Obong Victor Attah won the PDP nomination in the primary election. His running mate was Chris Ekpenyong.^[12][13][14]

Electoral system

The Governor of Akwa Ibom State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Results

PDP's Obong Victor Attah emerged winner in the contest.^{[15][6][16][17]}

The total number of registered voters in the state for the election was 1,450,367. However, 1,476,500 were previously issued voting cards in the state.^[16][18]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Obong Victor Attah	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	843,360	72.21
	All People's Party (APP)	317,373	27.17
	Alliance for Democracy (AD)	7,254	0.62
Total			1,167,987	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,450,367	–
Source: Nigeria World, IFES[16]