INEC has declared PDP’s Diri winner of the Bayelsa governorship election.
Glamtush reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, declared the incumbent Governor, Douye Diri, winner of the Bayelsa governorship election held on Saturday.
The incumbent Governor, Diri,, defeated Chief Timipre Sylva, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and 16 others in the Saturday election.
The Returning Officer, Prof Faruq Kuta, who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna, announced Diri winner of the poll at the collation centre of the election on Monday.
After multiple breaks and adjournments, Kuta said, “That Diri Douye of the PDP, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.”
Diri, who came into power in 2020, got a total of 175,196 votes while Sylva polled 110,108 votes. The figures meant the PDP flagbearer beat his closest rival by 65,088 votes. The Labour Party (LP) scored a total of 905 votes to come a distant third.
Below are the results announced by INEC:
Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA, Bayelsa State
Accredited Voters: 24,171
APC: 5,349
LP: 22
PDP: 18,465
Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa State
Accredited voters: 36,955
APC: 16,319
LP: 57
PDP: 18,435
Yenagoa LGA, Bayelsa State
Accredited voters: 54380
APC: 14 534
LP: 244
PDP: 37 777
Sagbama LGA, Bayelsa State
Accredited voters -42 879A-05
AA-01
ADC-24
ADP- 29
APC- 6608
APGA- 08
APM- 07
APP- 0
PP- 0
LP- 217
NNPP- 02
NRM- 45
PDP- 35504
PRP- 11
SDP- 02
ZLP- 04
Nembe LGA, Bayelsa State
Accredited voters – 27 404
A- 0
AA- 04
ADC- 26
ADP- 18
APC- 22248
APGA- 07
APM- 05
APP- 02
PP- 04
LP- 113
NNPP- 01
NRM- 16
PDP- 4556
PRP- 03
SDP- 29
ZLP- 04
Total valid votes cast- 27036
Rejected votes- 264
Total votes cast- 27300
6. Ekeremekor LGA, Bayelsa State
Accredited voters – 32 066
A- 0
AA- 0
ADC- 11
ADP- 15
APC- 8445
APGA- 04
APM- 03
APP- 01
PP- 13
LP- 50
NNPP- 02
NRM- 18
PDP- 23172
PRP- 06
SDP- 0
ZLP- 01
