1999 Nigerian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 27 February 1999. They were the first elections to be held since the 1993 military coup and were the first elections of the Fourth Nigerian Republic. A former military head of state from 1976 to 1979, Olusegun Obasanjo, was elected president. Supported by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he defeated Olu Falae who was backed by the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and All People's Party (APP). In 2025, Falae spoke up and claimed that "I won that election" instead of Obasanjo. He also claimed that his campaign didn't go to court as they were more concerned about the return to democracy after years of military rule.

Until 2023, this was the last election to not feature Muhammadu Buhari.

Results

By state

State	Obasanjo	Falae	Total	Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}	Labour Party (Nigeria)}}	Votes	%	Votes	%
Abia	**360,823**	**67.33**	175,095	32.67	535,918
Adamawa	**667,239**	**78.95**	177,868	21.05	845,107
Akwa Ibom	**730,744**	**82.73**	152,534	17.27	883,278
Anambra	**633,717**	**76.06**	199,461	23.94	833,178
Bauchi	**834,308**	**70.91**	342,233	29.09	1,176,541
Bayelsa	**457,812**	**75.05**	152,220	24.95	610,032
Benue	**983,912**	**78.53**	269,045	21.47	1,252,957
Borno	**581,382**	**63.47**	334,593	36.53	915,975
Cross River	**592,688**	**67.65**	283,468	32.35	876,156
Delta	**576,230**	**70.57**	240,344	29.43	816,574
Ebonyi	**250,987**	**72.56**	94,934	27.44	345,921
Edo	**516,581**	**75.99**	163,203	24.01	679,784
Ekiti	191,618	26.85	**522,072**	**73.15**	713,690
Enugu	**640,418**	**76.64**	195,168	23.36	835,586
FCT	**59,234**	**59.82**	39,788	40.18	99,022
Gombe	**533,158**	**63.13**	311,381	36.87	844,539
Imo	**421,767**	**57.30**	314,339	42.70	736,106
Jigawa	**311,571**	**56.79**	237,025	43.21	548,596
Kaduna	**1,294,679**	**77.25**	381,350	22.75	1,676,029
Kano	**682,255**	**75.41**	222,458	24.59	904,713
Katsina	**964,216**	**80.80**	229,181	19.20	1,193,397
Kebbi	**339,893**	**66.36**	172,336	33.64	512,229
Kogi	**507,903**	**51.58**	476,807	48.42	984,710
Kwara	**470,510**	**71.33**	189,088	28.67	659,598
Lagos	209,012	11.93	**1,542,969**	**88.07**	1,751,981
Nasarawa	**423,731**	**70.98**	173,277	29.02	597,008
Niger	**730,665**	**83.88**	140,465	16.12	871,130
Ogun	143,564	30.17	**332,340**	**69.83**	475,904
Ondo	133,323	16.63	**668,474**	**83.37**	801,797
Osun	187,011	23.53	**607,628**	**76.47**	794,639
Oyo	227,668	24.71	**693,510**	**75.29**	921,178
Plateau	**499,072**	**74.22**	173,370	25.78	672,442
Rivers	**1,352,275**	**86.37**	213,328	13.63	1,565,603
Sokoto	155,598	43.90	**198,829**	**56.10**	354,427
Taraba	**789,749**	**90.67**	81,290	9.33	871,039
Yobe	146,517	47.02	**165,061**	**52.98**	311,578
Zamfara	136,324	35.87	**243,755**	**64.13**	380,079
Total	**18,738,154**	**62.78**	11,110,287	37.22	29,848,441
Source: [*Observing the 1998–99 Nigeria Elections*](https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/098_ng_observing_0.pdf) (p. 54)