1999 Rivers State gubernatorial election

The 1999 Rivers State gubernatorial election was held in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The PDP nominee Peter Odili won the election, defeating the APP candidate.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

1999 Rivers State gubernatorial election

← 1991 January 9, 1999 2003 →

Nominee Peter Odili Party PDP All People's Party (Nigeria) Popular vote 770,074 710,280

Governor before election Rufus Ada George NRC Elected Governor Peter Odili PDP

Electoral system

The governor of Rivers State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was won by Peter Odili.^[6][7]

Results

The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,207,000. The total number of votes cast was 747,296, the number of valid votes was 1,580,807, and the number of rejected votes was 7,521.^[8][9]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Peter Odili	People's Democratic Party	770,074	52.02
	All People's Party	710,280	47.98
Total			1,480,354	100.00
Valid votes			1,480,354	99.49
Invalid/blank votes			7,521	0.51
Total votes			1,487,875	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,207,000	67.42
Source: Nigeria World, IFES, Semantics Scholar