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Voter turnout was very low, and the election results was annulled by the government. <a href="/wiki/1999_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="1999 Nigerian parliamentary election">Fresh elections</a> were held the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Nigerian_parliamentary_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senate">Senate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Nigerian_parliamentary_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 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style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Grassroots_Democratic_Movement" title="Grassroots Democratic Movement">Grassroots Democratic Movement </a></td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Centre_Party_of_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Centre Party of Nigeria (page does not exist)">National Centre Party of Nigeria</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">80</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="3" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="3" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://africanelections.tripod.com/ng.html">African Elections Database</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading 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election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Nigerian_presidential_election" title="2003 Nigerian presidential election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Nigerian_general_election" title="2007 Nigerian general election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nigerian_presidential_election" title="2011 Nigerian presidential election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Nigerian_general_election" title="2015 Nigerian general election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Nigerian_general_election" title="2019 Nigerian general election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerian_presidential_election" title="2023 Nigerian presidential election">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">Senate elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="1979 Nigerian parliamentary election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="1983 Nigerian parliamentary election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="1992 Nigerian parliamentary election">1992</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="1999 Nigerian parliamentary election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="2003 Nigerian parliamentary election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Nigerian_general_election#Senate" title="2007 Nigerian general election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="2011 Nigerian parliamentary election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Nigerian_general_election#Senate" title="2015 Nigerian general election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Nigerian_Senate_election" title="2019 Nigerian Senate election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerian_Senate_election" title="2023 Nigerian Senate election">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nigeria)" title="House of Representatives (Nigeria)">House elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1923_Nigerian_general_election" title="1923 Nigerian general election">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Nigerian_general_election" title="1928 Nigerian general election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Nigerian_general_election" title="1933 Nigerian general election">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Nigerian_general_election" title="1938 Nigerian general election">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Nigerian_general_election" title="1943 Nigerian general election">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Nigerian_general_election" title="1947 Nigerian general election">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Nigerian_general_election" title="1954 Nigerian general election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Nigerian_general_election" title="1959 Nigerian general election">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Nigerian_general_election" title="1964 Nigerian general election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="1979 Nigerian parliamentary election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="1983 Nigerian parliamentary election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="1992 Nigerian parliamentary election">1992</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="1999 Nigerian parliamentary election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="2003 Nigerian parliamentary election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Nigerian_general_election#House_of_Representatives" title="2007 Nigerian general election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="2011 Nigerian parliamentary election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Nigerian_general_election#House_of_Representatives" title="2015 Nigerian general election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Nigerian_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2019 Nigerian House of Representatives election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerian_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2023 Nigerian House of Representatives election">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Gubernatorial elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Nigerian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Nigerian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Nigerian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Nigerian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2003 Nigerian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 Nigerian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Nigerian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Ekiti_State_gubernatorial_by-election" title="2009 Ekiti State gubernatorial by-election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Anambra_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2010 Anambra State gubernatorial election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Nigerian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Nigerian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Anambra_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2013 Anambra State gubernatorial election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 Nigerian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2015 Nigerian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2016 Nigerian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Anambra_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2018 Nigerian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2019 Nigerian gubernatorial elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2020 Nigerian gubernatorial elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Anambra_State_gubernatorial_election#National_effect" title="2021 Anambra State gubernatorial election">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2022 Nigerian gubernatorial elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2023 Nigerian gubernatorial elections"><i>2023</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Nigerian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 Nigerian regional elections (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_Eastern_Region_legislative_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 Eastern Region legislative election (page does not exist)">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_Northern_Region_legislative_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 Northern Region legislative election (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956%E2%88%9257_Nigerian_regional_elections" title="1956−57 Nigerian regional elections">1956−57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960%E2%88%9261_Nigerian_regional_elections" title="1960−61 Nigerian regional elections">1960−61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Mid-West_Region_legislative_election" title="1964 Mid-West Region legislative election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1999_Nigerian_House_of_Assembly_elections" title="Category:1999 Nigerian House of Assembly elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2003_Nigerian_House_of_Assembly_elections" title="Category:2003 Nigerian House of Assembly elections">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2007_Nigerian_House_of_Assembly_elections" title="Category:2007 Nigerian House of Assembly elections">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2011_Nigerian_House_of_Assembly_elections" title="Category:2011 Nigerian House of Assembly elections">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2015_Nigerian_House_of_Assembly_elections" title="Category:2015 Nigerian House of Assembly elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2019_Nigerian_House_of_Assembly_elections" title="Category:2019 Nigerian House of Assembly elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerian_state_legislative_elections" title="2023 Nigerian state legislative elections"><i>2023</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_Lagos_city_council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 Lagos city council election (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_Lagos_city_council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 Lagos city council election (page does not exist)">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Nigerian_elections#Local_elections" title="2022 Nigerian elections">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_Northern_Cameroons_referendum" title="1959 Northern Cameroons referendum">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_British_Cameroons_referendum" title="1961 British Cameroons referendum">1961</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>See also: <a 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