1999 Delta State gubernatorial election

The 1999 Delta State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The PDP nominee James Ibori won the election, defeating the APP candidate.^[1][2][3]

1999 Delta State gubernatorial election

← 1991 January 9, 1999 2003 →

Nominee James Ibori Party PDP All People's Party (Nigeria) Popular vote 558,332 296,902

Governor before election Felix Ibru SDP Elected Governor James Ibori PDP

James Ibori emerged PDP candidate.^[4][5][6][7]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was won by James Ibori.^[8][9]

Results

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,547,685. Total number of votes cast was 911,605, while number of valid votes was 899,287. Rejected votes were 12,318.^[10][11][12]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	James Ibori	People's Democratic Party	558,332	65.28
	All People's Party	296,902	34.72
Total			855,234	100.00
Valid votes			855,234	98.58
Invalid/blank votes			12,318	1.42
Total votes			867,552	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,547,685	56.05
Source: Nigeria World, IFES, Semantics Scholar