Olusegun Obasanjo, fresh from prison where a recently-deceased General Sani Abacha had locked him up, won the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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On the other side of the aisle, Olu Falae, also fresh from prison where Abacha had locked him up, ran on the joint ticket of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and the All People's Party (APP).
For the 1999 presidential election, 57.9 million Nigerians registered to vote, but only 30.3 million (52.3%) voted, with 431,611 of them invalid.
This is how Nigerians voted in each state.
Falae — 175,095 (32.7%)
Obasanjo — 360,823 (67.3%)
Falae — 177,868 (21%)
Obasanjo — 667,239 (78.9%)
Falae — 152,534 (17.3%)
Obasanjo — 730,744 (82.7%)
Falae — 199,461 (23.9%)
Obasanjo — 633,717 (76.1%)
Falae — 342,233 (29.1%)
Obasanjo — 834,309 (70.9%)
Falae — 152,220 (24.4%)
Obasanjo — 457,812 (75%)
Falae — 269,045 (21.5%)
Obasanjo — 983,912 (78.5%)
Falae — 334,593 (36.5%)
Obasanjo — 581,382 (63.5%)
Falae — 283,468 32.2%)
Obasanjo — 592,688 (67.3%)
Falae — 240,334 (29.4%)
Obasanjo — 576,230 (70.7%)
Falae — 94,934 (27.4%)
Obasanjo — 250,987 (72.6%)
Falae — 163,203 (24%)
Obasanjo — 516,581 (76%)
Falae — 522,072 (73.1%)
Obasanjo — 191,618 (26.8%)
Falae — 195,168 (23.4%)
Obasanjo 640,418 (76.6%)
Falae — 39,788 (40.2%)
Obasanjo — 59,234 (59.8%)
Falae — 311,381 (36.9%)
Obasanjo — 533,158 (63.1%)
Falae — 314,339 (42.7%)
Obasanjo — 421,767 (57.3%)
Falae — 237,025 (43.2%)
Obasanjo — 311,571 (56.8%)
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Falae — 381,350 (22.7%)
Obasanjo — 1,294,679 (77.2%)
Falae — 222,458 (24.6%)
Obasanjo — 682,255 (75.4%)
Falae — 229,181 (19.2%)
Obasanjo — 964,216 (86.8%)
Falae — 172,336 (33.6%)
Obasanjo — 339,893 (66.4%)
Falae — 476,807 (48.4%)
Obasanjo — 507,903 (51.6%)
Falae — 189,088 (28.7%)
Obasanjo — 470,510 (71.3%)
Falae — 1,542,969 (88.1%)
Obasanjo — 209,012 (11.9%)
Falae — 173,277 (29%)
Obasanjo — 423,731 (71%)
Falae — 140,465 (16.2%)
Obasanjo — 730,665 (83.9%)
Falae — 668,474 (85%)
Obasanjo — 133,323 (15%)
Falae — 332,340 (69.8%)
Obasanjo — 143,564 (30.2%)
Falae — 607,628 (76.5%)
Obasanjo — 187,011 (23.5%)
Falae — 693,510 (75.3%)
Obasanjo — 227,688 (24.7%)
Falae — 173,370 (25.8%)
Obasanjo — 499,072 (74.2%)
Falae — 213,328 (13.6%)
Obasanjo — 1,352,275 (86.4%)
Falae — 198,829 (56.1%)
Obasanjo — 155,598 (43.9%)
Falae — 81,290 (9.3%)
Obasanjo — 789,749 (90.7%)
Falae — 165,061 (53%)
Obasanjo — 146,517 (47%)
Falae — 243,755 (64.1%)
Obasanjo — 136,324 (35.9%)
Falae — 11,110,287 (37.2%)
Obasanjo — 18,738,154 (62.8%) — Winner
*Data sourced from Electoral Geography due to the absence of verified data from INEC.
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