The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Bayelsa State governorship election, Gov. Douye Diri, has won the Saturday, November 11, 2023, election.
The state’s returning officer, Prof. Faruq Kuta, who resumed the final phase of the collation at about 12:42 p.m. on Monday, announced that the exercise had come to an end as he was expected to formally announce the winner of the election thereafter.
The incumbent Governor Diri won the election in six of the eight local government areas of the state, while the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, cliched only two LGAs.
The LGAs include Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, Yenegoa, Sagbama, Nembe, Ekeremor, Brass, and Southern Ijaw.
The PDP candidate won the election with a margin of 65,088 votes, ahead of his APC counterpart and others trailing far behind.
The breakdown of the results in the eight local government areas is as follows:
KOLOKUMA-OPOKUMA LGA
PDP = 18,465
APC = 5,349
OGBIA LGA
PDP = 18,435
APC = 16,319
YENAGOA LGA
PDP = 37,777
APC = 14,534
LP = 244
SAGBAMA LGA
APC = 6,608
APGA = 8
PDP = 35,504
LP = 217
NEMBE LGA
APC = 22,248
APGA = 7
PDP = 4,556
LP = 113
EKEREMOR LGA
APC = 8,445
APGA = 4
PDP = 23,172
LP = 50
BRASS LGA
APC = 18,431
PDP = 12,602
LP = 83
SOUTHERN IJAW LGA
PDP = 24,891
APC = 18,173
This brings to a conclusion the results collation that started on Sunday at the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Media Centre inside the INEC State Office in Yenagoa.
