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| David Lyon, Bayelsa State Governor-elect. |
The Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr David Lyon of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the governorship election in Bayelsa.
INEC’s Returning Officer,
Prof. Faraday Orumwense, Vice Chancellor, University of Benin, who anounced the
result, said APC polled 352,552 votes to win in the election.
He
said APC’s closest rival, Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
polled 143, 172 votes.
The
returning officer said that the total vote cast in the election was 505,884
votes, total valid votes 499,551, while the total rejected votes stood at
6,333.
Orumwnese
said APC won the election in six Local Government Areas, while PDP won in
two.
He
declared Lyon winner and duly elected governor having polled the highest number
of votes in the contest.
From
the results declared by INEC in Southern Ijaw local government area, APC polled
124,803 votes, while PDP scored 898 votes.
In
Ekeremor Local Government Area, APC polled 21, 489 votes and PDP scored 18, 344
votes.
In
Sagbama, PDP polled 60,339 votes and APC got 7,831 votes.
In
Brass, APC scored 23, 831 votes, while PDP polled 10,410 votes.
The
results showed that APC polled 83,041 votes in Nembe anf PDP polled 874
votes.
In
Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area, APC got 8,934 votes, while PDP
polled 15,360 votes.
According
to the results declared by INEC, APC polled 24,608 votes while PDP polled
19,184 votes in Yenagoa Local Government Area,
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the total number of registered voters
in the state is 922, 562 while the total number of collated voter cards is
889,308.
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