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1999 Nigerian Senate elections in Rivers State

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The 1999 Nigerian Senate election in Rivers State was held on February 20, 1999, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Rivers State. Ibiapuye Martyns-Yellowe representing Rivers West, Adawari Pepple representing Rivers South-East and John Azuta-Mbata representing Rivers East all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.[1][2][3]

Overview[edit]

Affiliation Party Total
PDP AD
Before Election 3
After Election 3 0 3

Summary[edit]

District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Rivers West Ibiapuye Martyns-Yellowe PDP
Rivers South-East Adawari Pepple PDP
Rivers East John Azuta-Mbata PDP

Results[edit]

Rivers West[edit]

The election was won by Ibiapuye Martyns-Yellowe of the Peoples Democratic Party.[4]

1999 Nigerian Senate election in Rivers State
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Ibiapuye Martyns-Yellowe
Total votes
PDP hold

Rivers South-East[edit]

The election was won by Adawari Pepple of the Peoples Democratic Party.[5]

1999 Nigerian Senate election in Rivers State
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Adawari Pepple
Total votes
PDP hold

Rivers East[edit]

The election was won by John Azuta-Mbata of the Peoples Democratic Party.[6]

1999 Nigerian Senate election in Rivers State
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP John Azuta-Mbata
Total votes
PDP hold

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NIGERIA: parliamentary elections House of Representatives, 2003". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  2. ^ "Elections in Nigeria". africanelections.tripod.com. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  3. ^ "Africa Update". web.ccsu.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  4. ^ Uganwa, Austin (2014). NIGERIA FOURTH REPUBLIC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. ISBN 978-1-4990-8875-5.
  5. ^ "Senators From 1999 Till Date -". 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  6. ^ "SENATORS". dawodu.com. Archived from the original on 2003-08-15. Retrieved 2021-08-22.