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When Nigeria made a long-awaited and proper return to democracy in 1999, after 16 years in the wilderness of military rule, two candidates stepped forward to lead the country.

How Nigerians voted in the 1999 presidential election | Pulse Nigeria

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<a href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/obasanjo-says-he-could-have-got-third-term-if-he-wanted-it/1cwgw8p">Olusegun Obasanjo</a>, fresh from prison where a recently-deceased <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/nigeria-receives-fresh-dollar20m-abacha-loot-from-us/qq0znb5">General Sani Abacha</a> had locked him up, won the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).&nbsp;

On the other side of the aisle, <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/buhari-presidents-anti-corruption-war-no-longer-reasonable-falae-says/le59f9v">Olu Falae</a>, 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%)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Falae — 199,461 (23.9%)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Falae — 342,233&nbsp;(29.1%)&nbsp;

Obasanjo — 983,912&nbsp;(78.5%)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Falae — 283,468 32.2%)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Obasanjo — 576,230&nbsp;(70.7%)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

<h3>Ebonyi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</h3>

Falae —&nbsp;94,934&nbsp;(27.4%)

Obasanjo — 191,618&nbsp;(26.8%)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Falae — 195,168&nbsp;(23.4%)&nbsp;

Obasanjo&nbsp;640,418&nbsp;(76.6%)

Falae — 311,381&nbsp;(36.9%)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Obasanjo — 1,294,679 (77.2%)&nbsp;

Obasanjo —&nbsp;682,255 (75.4%)&nbsp;

Obasanjo — 964,216 (86.8%)&nbsp;

Obasanjo — 507,903 (51.6%)&nbsp;

Falae — 668,474&nbsp;(85%)&nbsp;

Obasanjo — 143,564 (30.2%)&nbsp;

Olusegun Obasanjo and Olu Falae contested in the 1999 presidential election

How Nigerians voted in the 1999 presidential election

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