1999 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:1999 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Next Election:2003 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election
Next Year:2003
Election Date:January 9, 1999
Nominee1:DSP Alamieyesiegha
Running Mate1:Goodluck Jonathan
Party1:People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
Popular Vote1:324,463
Nominee2:Francis Doukpola
Party2:All People's Party (Nigeria)
Popular Vote2:269,233
Governor
Before Election:Paul Obi
Before Party:Nigerian military junta
After Election:DSP Alamieyeseigha
After Party:People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

The 1999 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The PDP nominee Diepreye Alamieyeseigha won the election, defeating the APP candidate, Francis Doukpola, and two others to become Bayelsa State's first elected governor.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha won the PDP nomination at the primary election. He picked Goodluck Jonathan as his running mate.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Electoral system

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

Results

PDP's DSP Alamieyesiegha emerged winner in the contest.[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

The total number of registered voters in the state for the election was 873,000. However, 897,500 were previously issued voting cards in the state.[24] [25]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha . Basel Institute on Governance . 2021-05-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140318120957/http://www.assetrecovery.org/kc/node/24d05648-b4b0-11dd-a1f9-7986f5e51dc8.0 . 2014-03-18.
  2. Web site: Bayelsa State . Bayelsa State Government . 2021-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724143253/http://www.bayelsa.gov.ng/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109:bayelsa-state&catid=47:the-state&Itemid=111# . 2011-07-24 . dead.
  3. News: PDP'LL win Bayelsa governorship poll - makbere. November 10, 2019. Press Reader. May 22, 2021.
  4. News: Dickson and the Sylva lining in Yenagoa. Babarinsa, Date. December 2, 2015. The Guardian. May 22, 2021.
  5. News: The New Power Equation in Bayelsa. November 24, 2019. ThisDay. May 22, 2021.
  6. Web site: SCORE-CARD!!! . This Day . 2002-06-08 . 2021-05-23 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070621015143/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/06/08/20020608spe01.html . 2007-06-21.
  7. Nigeria: is the recent oil violence connected to upcoming elections?. The Christian Science Monitor. May 31, 2021.
  8. News: Bayelsa: Past governorship contests. December 4, 2015. Vanguard. May 21, 2021.
  9. The nearly man. 51. 2. January 22, 2010. African Confidential. May 22, 2021.
  10. Nigeria's succession: the candidates. 50. 25. December 18, 2009. African Confidential. May 22, 2021.
  11. Which rules? Whose laws?. 48. 22. November 2, 2007. African Confidential. May 22, 2021.
  12. News: The Rise of Sylva and the Fall of Dickson. November 19, 2019. ThisDay. James, Segun. May 22, 2021.
  13. News: Goodluck Jonathan's journey to Nigeria's presidency is also a story of how he lost it. Burgis, Tom. April 10, 2015. Quartz. May 22, 2021.
  14. Web site: Nigeria 2015: Goodluck Jonathan's fight for survival – By Lagun Akinloye. Akinloye, Lagun. AFRICAN ARGUMENTS. March 27, 2015. May 22, 2021.
  15. News: ANALYSIS: Eight factors that triggered PDP, Seriake Dickson's fall in Bayelsa. Olawoyin, Oladeinde. November 19, 2019. Premium Times. May 22, 2021.
  16. News: Corruption runs deep in Nigerian politics. Ashby, Tom. March 16, 2007. Reuters. May 22, 2021.
  17. Book: Nigeria: Echoes of a Century: Volume Two 1999-2014. Azikiwe, Ifeoha. 2013. 159. 9781481729291. May 27, 2021.
  18. Web site: State Governors and Their Deputies. Emmanuel, Odang. Rainbow Nigeria. May 31, 2021.
  19. Book: Saliu, Hassan A.. Nigeria Under Democratic Rule, 1999-2003. 2005. University Press PLC. 978-978-030-907-7. en.
  20. Web site: Tracker. Nigerian. 2021-03-22. How First Set Of 1999 Governors Went To Political Oblivion. 2021-05-20. Nigerian Tracker. en-US.
  21. News: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian Notorious for Corruption, Dies at 62. The New York Times. October 14, 2015. Roberts, Sam. May 22, 2021.
  22. News: Four things to know about Bayelsa election. Olatunji, Hakeem. November 13, 2019. TheCable. May 22, 2021.
  23. News: Controversy Aside, Who was Diepreye Alamieyeseigha?. Eremionkhale, Omono. October 12, 2015. Ventures Africa. May 22, 2021.
  24. Web site: Report on the Impact of IFES Activities in Nigeria, November 1998 to April 1999. 1999. live. 2021-05-20. IFES. https://web.archive.org/web/20171203164238/http://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/r01781.pdf . December 3, 2017 .
  25. NIGERIAN ELECTIONS SINCE 1999. What does Democracy Mean?. Egwu, Sam. Leonard, David K.. Matlosa, Khabele. Journal of African Elections. 8. 1. 2021-05-20. 2021-05-20. EISA.

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