Something like this...
Select NIN_CODE,Count(*) as Cnt from (
select distinct OO.ORDER_NUMBER, OO.NIN_CODE
from Table as OO
WHERE (OO.SUBMITTED_DATE BETWEEN '20090101' AND '20091231')
AND (OO.TICKET_NUMBER IS NOT NULL) and OO.NIN_CODE='990685711' or OO.NIN_CODE='993435940'
) Main
group by NIN_CODE