Dickson Re-elected As Governor

After resuming to the collation centre, a final declaration of results were made which put Governor Seriake Dickson of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the official winner of the election. 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared a winner for the highly contentious gubernatorial election in Bayelsa following a supplementary election held on Saturday.

Collation result included election results from Nembe, Ekeremor, Brass, Southern Ijaw, Ogbia, Yenagoa and Sagbama local government areas of the Niger Delta state.

Below is the final result announced by INEC returning officer in Yenagoa today

Total Registered Voters: 654,493

Accredited Voters: 242,114

APC:  86, 852

PDP: 134, 998

Margin: 48,148

Total Valid Votes: 225, 520

Total rejected votes -6647