Nigerian presidential election, 1999
The presidential elections in Nigeria in 1999 took place on 27 February 1999. According to an estimate, Nigeria had 1999 111.580.397 inhabitants.
At the election, Olusegun Obasanjo Samuel Oluyemi Falae presented, which was already 1976 to 1979 Nigerian President, and. As a Christian Yoruba of the southwest of Nigeria had behind him, but could gain little voices in other areas. Obasanjo won against it in the Muslim north and the southeast of the country.
Of the 57,938,945 previously registered voters 30,280,052 votes were cast, so that the voter turnout was 52.3 percent. Obasanjo was elected with 62.78 percent of the vote for four years as president.