Collation of results will started with Sagbama LGA, where Seriake Dickson, incumbent governor of the state, comes from.
The last governorship election in Bayelsa didn’t end on first ballot and there were killings but this year has been different.
Faraday Orumwese, the returning officer, declares David Lyon, candidate of the APC winner of the election.
“That David Lyon of the APC having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared winner and returned elected.”
Orunwese reads out the figures:
Total registered voters- 922, 562
Accredited voters- 517, 883
APC- 352, 552
PDP- 143, 172
Valid votes- 499, 551
Rejected votes- 6, 333
Total Votes cast- 505, 884
Faraday Orumwese, vice-chancellor University of Benin and the returning officer for the governorship poll, is set to take the final reading of the results.
The candidate of the APC has secured the highest number of votes in the election, leading his PDP rival with a margin of 209,382 votes.
This is the first time since 1999 that an opposition party will achieve such feat.
David Lyon of the All Progressive Congress (APC) secured more votes than Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Governorship election result Ekeremor LGA
APC – 21,489
PDP – 18,344
So far, here are the summation of scores announced for six out of the eight LGAs in Bayelsa.
APC – 206,260
PDP – 119,930
Governorship election result for Ogbia LGA
APC – 58,016
PDP – 13,763
The returning officer for Yenagoa LGA says there was cancellation of results in some units owing to violence.
Governorship election result for Yenagoa LGA
APC – 24, 607
PDP – 19, 184
The returning officer for Brass LGA says results from ward 10 were cancelled, and that this affected 13 polling units with 7596 registered voters. He gives over-voting as the reason for this.
Result from unit 8 in ward 1 was also cancelled. There are 427 registered voters here. The returning officer says the result was tampered with.
Two units were also cancelled in ward 9, where there are 623 registered voters. Violence is given as the reason for the cancellation.
Governorship election result from Brass LGA
Registered voters – 67,355
Votes cast -34,849
APC – 23, 831
PDP – 10, 410
The returning officer for Yenagoa LGA says there was a cancellation of results in some units owing to violence.
Governorship election result for Yenagoa LGA
APC – 24, 607
PDP – 19, 184
The returning officer for Brass LGA says results from ward 10 were cancelled, and that this affected 13 polling units with 7596 registered voters. He gives over-voting as the reason for this.
Result from unit 8 in ward 1 was also cancelled. There are 427 registered voters here. The returning officer says the result was tampered with.
Two units were also cancelled in ward 9, where there are 623 registered voters. Violence is given as the reason for the cancellation.
Governorship election result from Brass LGA
Registered voters – 67,355
Votes cast -34,849
APC – 23, 831
PDP – 10, 410
Brass LGA is next. Timipre Sylva, a former governor of Bayelsa and current minister of state for petroleum, is from the LGA.
The returning officer for Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA says result from only one unit was cancelled. She gives over-voting as the reason for this. Registered voters in the unit are 446.
An agent of Accord party says his party rejects the result from Kolokuma.
“Our candidate is from this LGA and how do you expect him to score only 68 votes? Doesn’t he have family members and friends? REC, please cancel this result,” he said,
The agent’s remark throws the room into laughter.
Governorship election result for Nembe LGA
APC – 83,041
PDP – 874
The Sagbama LGA returning officer says “results from 17 polling units were cancelled in the LGA”.
He gives over-voting and card reader malfunctioning as the reason for this.
Governorship election result for Sagbama LGA
Total registered voters – 70,111
Votes cast – 69,591
APC – 7,831
PDP- 60,339
Ward 12, Ogbia LGA
APC ⤙ 2,804
PDP ⤙ 1570
Registered voters: 10,373
Accredited voters: 4,570
Okodi Ward 5, Ogbia LGA
APC ⤙ 6,429
PDP ⤙ 683
Registered voters – 7,915
Accredited voters – 7,211
Opume Ward 11, Ogbia LGA
APC ⤙ 1,887
PDP ⤙ 823
Registered voters: 9,072
Accredited voters: 2,889
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