1999 Imo State gubernatorial election

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

1999 Imo State gubernatorial election

← 1991 January 9, 1999 2003 →

Nominee Achike Udenwa Party PDP All People's Party (Nigeria) Popular vote 388,680 379,491

Governor before election Evan Enwerem NRC Elected Governor Achike Udenwa PDP

Achike Udenwa emerged PDP candidate.^[4][5][6][7]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was won by Achike Udenwa.^[8][9]

Results

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,627,939. Total number of votes cast was 799,248 while number of valid votes was 783,051. Rejected votes were 16,197.^[10][11][12]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Achike Udenwa	People's Democratic Party	388,680	50.60
	All People's Party	379,491	49.40
Total			768,171	100.00
Valid votes			768,171	97.94
Invalid/blank votes			16,197	2.06
Total votes			784,368	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,627,939	48.18
Source: Nigeria World, IFES, Semantics Scholar