TVC E, POLITICS – Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party has won the Bayelsa state gubernatorial election after securing the highest votes.
Mr Dickson, polled a total of 134,998 votes to beat former governor of the state, and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Timipre Sylva, who scored 86,852 votes.
The substantive election in the state was held on December 5, 2015 but INEC declared the election inconclusive after it cancelled the poll in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area due to reports of widespread electoral malpractices and violence.
The electoral umpire subsequently fixed January 9, 2016 for a supplementary election in the affected local government and some polling units in other local governments where election did not hold on December 5.
Below is the final Result of the election as announced by the Returning Officer, Zana Akpagbu:
Total registered voters 654493
Accredited voters 242114
Votes earned by political parties:
ACPN 128
ADC 173
APA 578
APC 86852
APGA 178
CPP 60
DPC 189
DPP 231
ID 20
KOWA 16
LP 76
MPPP 21
NNPP 28
PDC 135
PDM 1572
PDP 134998
PPA 221
PPN 14
SDP 17
UPP 12
Total valid votes 225520
Rejected votes 6647
Total votes cast 232167
