Governor of Bayelsa State, Duoye Diri has been declared winner of the concluded governorship election with 175,196  votes to defeat his closest challenger, Timipre Sylva, who scored 110,108 votes

 

The Labour Party candidate, Udengs Eradiri, scored 905 votes.

 

INEC returning officer for the Bayelsa election, Farouk Kuta,  said “Diri, having polled the majority votes and satisfied the requirement of the law, is hereby by returned elected.”

 

But APC’s agent at the collation, faulted the declaration of Diri on ground that the margin of lead insignificant enough to declare a winner. He noted that areas where elections were cancelled had over 100,000 PVCs collected, while the margin of lead is just 65, 000. He said the returning officer ought to declare the election inconclusive and order a rerun in the areas where the elections were cancelled.

 

Bayelsa has 1,560,862 registered voters. Those accredited to vote were 372,000. Those number of valid votes are 291,212 votes.

 

Here’s a breakdown of the results per the eight local governments of the state.

Bayelsa Southern Ijaw

Registered Voters – 184,401

APC – 18,174

LP – 119

PDP – 24,685

Valid Votes – 43,158

Rejected Votes – 663

Total Votes Cast – 43,821

 

Brass LGA

Registered Voters: 94040

 

Accredited Voters: 32064

 

APC: 18,431

 

LP: 83

 

PDP: 12,602

 

 

Ogbia LGA

Registered Voters: 119,571

Accredited Voters: 36,955

APC – 16,319

LP – 57

PDP – 18,435

Total Valid Votes – 34,971

Rejected Votes – 497

Total Votes Cast – 35,468

 

Kolokuma-Okokuma LGA

Wards: 11

Registered Voters: 65,364

Accredited Voters: 24,171

APC – 5,349

LP – 22

PDP – 18,465

Valid Votes: 23,918

Rejected Votes: 141

Total Votes Cast: 24,059