Live Updates: INEC announces results of Bayelsa governorship polls

PDP agent also stepped up to protest his disaffection about the election result and subsequently declared that his party rejects the result.

NUP agent wonders how his party was awarded zero vote despite voting at the LGA, however, he “appreciates” the electoral body for conducting, for the first time in many years, a peaceful election in the LGA.

A- 19
aac 02
A – 448
AAC – 17
AD – 07
ADP – 00
AGAP – 00
ANP – 03
APA – 17
APC – 124,803
APGA – 09
APN – 00
APP – 00
ASD – 00
BNPP – 00
CAP – 00
CNP – 00
DA – 00
DPC – 01
DPP – 01
FJP – 0
FRESH – 158
GPN – 00
HDP – 00
KP – 00
LM – 00
LP- 02
MMN – 00
MPN – 00
MCP – 00
NDLP – 00
NNPP – 00
NPC – 03
NRM – 00
NUP – 08
PDM – 03
PDP – 4,898
Number of vote cast –
Rejected votes –
Number of valid votes –
Accredited voters – 
Number of register voters – 

Southern Ijaw

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The collation officer said there were “troubles” in four polling units were voting could not take place. There are some other units, according to the collation, that there were no voting exercise due to violence.
A – 448
AAC – 17
AD – 12
ADP – 1010
AGAP – 12
ANP – 02
APA – 17
APC – 58,016
APGA – 11
APN – 20
APP – 10
ASD – 2020
BNPP – 06
CAP – 00
CNP – 16
DA – 05
DPC – 18
DPP – 18
FJP – 02
FRESH – 98
GPN – 05
HDP – 05
KP – 13
LM – 18
LP- 65
MMN – 01
MPN – 04
MCP – 06
NDLP – 03
NNPP – 02
NPC – 19
NRM – 01
NUP – 08
PDM – 14
PDP – 13,763
PPA – 05
PPP – 01
PRP – 15
SMC – 01
UDP – 03
UP – 00
UPC – 02
UPN – 00
UPP – 04
ZLP – 00

Number of vote cast – 73193
Rejected votes – 466
Number of valid votes – 72727
Accredited voters – 74,330

Number of register voters – 109,903 

161 672

Ogbia Local Government

Sporadic shooting and ballot snatching led to the cancellation of votes in some polling units, the collation officer said after reading out the results for all political parties.

A – 363
AAC – 61
AD – 30
ADP – 25
AGAP – 10
ANP – 01
APA – 60
APC – 24,607
APGA – 29
APN – 01
APP – 90
ASD – 02
BNPP – 02
CAP – 00
CNP – 03
DA – 00
DPC – 27
DPP – 38
FJP – 14
FRESH – 09
GPN – 02
HDP – 03
KP – 20
LM – 14
LP- 02
MMN – 03
MPN – 00
MCP – 12
NDLP – 01
NNPP – 03
NPC – 42
NRM – 01
NUP – 13
PDM – 62
PDP – 19,184
PPA – 26
PPP – 21
PRP – 22
SMC – 11
UDP – 04
UP – 05
UPC – 08
UPN – 03
UPP – 04
ZLP – 14

Number of vote cast – 47,398
Rejected votes – 2,546
Number of valid votes – 44,852
Accredited voters voters 48,222
Number of register voters 199,895

Yenagoa Local Government

Brass LGA collation officer said a Ward result was cancelled because of over voting and also a polling unit results was also cancelled because of election irregularities. He said two other polling units results were also cancelled because of violence.

A – 25
AAC – 10
AD – 04
ADP – 03
AGAP – 03
ANP – 03
APA – 14
APC – 23,831
APGA – 04
APN – 02
APP – 01
ASD – 00
BNPP – 02
CAP – 00
CNP – 00
DA – 00
DPC – 05
DPP – 06
FJP – 02
FRESH – 04
GPN – 00
HDP – 00
KP – 07
LM – 03
LP- 00
MMN – 00
MPN – 00
MCP – 01
NDLP -00
NNPP – 00
NPC – 07
NRM – 00
NUP – 02
PDM – 10
PDP – 10,410
PPA – 01
PPP – 01
PRP – 01
SMC – 01
UDP – 00
UP -0
UPC – 01
UPN – 00
UPP – 00
ZIP – 01

Number of vote cast – 34,849
Rejected votes – 484
Number of valid votes – 34,365
Accredited voters voters 35,657
Number of register voters 67,355

Brass Local Government

The PDP agent said the party’s candidate is also from the LGA and also alleged that there are about 5 wards that results were altered in favour of the APC.

Accord party agent wonders why his party’s candidate whose LGA is Kolokuma/Opokuma said the election was rigged and the party “totally rejects” the result of the LGA.

The APC agent alleged that the results from Ward 6 of the LGA was rigged as there were no voting in the Ward. Hence, the vote should be cancelled, the APC agent said.

The collation said there was cancellation in a polling unit which has a total number of 446 registered voters. She said the polling unit votes was cancelled due to “over voting.”

A 69
AAC 27
AD 3
ADP 19
AGAP 4
ANP 3
APA 30
APC 8,934
APGA 11
APN 01
APP 00
ASD 00
BNPP – 00
CAP – 00
CNP – 01
DA – 03
DPC – 04
DPP – 15
FJP – 02
FRESH – 06
GPN – 00
HDP – 01
KP – 11
LM – 02
MNM – 00
MPN – 00
MCP – 05
NDLP -01
NNPP – 00
NPC – 13
NRM – 00
NUP – 02
PDM- 24
PDP – 15,360
PPA – 09
PPP – 8

Number of vote cast – 25,285
Rejected votes – 698
Number of valid votes – 24,587
Accredited voters – 25,462
Number of register voters – 52765

Kolokuma collation officer began by saying the election was peaceful.

Kolokuma/Opokuma

However, the party agent of the PDP said about four wards in the local government were without voting exercises.

Accord party agent noted that although there was violence before the election, but he said there were no violence “at all” during the election. Notably, there were no cancellations in any of the polling units in the Local government.

The Nembe LGA collation officer recounted how one of their INEC buses ran inside a swap but thankfully no one was wounded, the collation officer said. He also mentioned that there is also a letter of protest from one of the candidates in the election. The collation officer didn’t mention name of the candidate.

Nembe LGA

Registered voters – 92, 546
Accredited voters – 85, 103
Valid votes – 84620
Invalid – 302

Total vote cast 84922

A – 261
AAC – 41
AD – 23
ADP -50
ANP – 06
APA – 06
APC – 83, 041
APGA – 03
APM – 00
ASD – 00
BNPP –
CAP – 05
CNP – 02
DA – 00
DPP – 02
FJP – 01
FRESH – 00
GPN –

GPN – 00
HDP – 00
KP – 00
HPP 0
KP 0
LM 61
LM – 51
LP – 06
MMN – 00
MPN 04
NCP 03
NNPP
NPC 03
NRM 01
NUP 01
PDM 02
PDP 874
PPA 00
UDP 00
SNC 27
UDP 00
UPC 22
UPN 01
UPP 13
ZLP 33

Sagbama LGA

Registered voters 109, 460
Accredited voters – 70, 111
Valid votes – 68, 569
Total votes cast – 69, 591

A – 131
AAC – 15
AD – 12
ADP – 10
ADAP – 01
ANP – 01
APA – 15
APC – 7, 831
APGA – 27
APM – 00
APP – 46
BNPP – 00
DA – 01
DPC – 05
DPP -15
FRESH – 15
HDP – 01
LM – 02
LP – 02
NCP – 02
NPC – 20
NRM – 07
NUP – 01
PDM – 27
PDP – 60, 339
PPA – 09
PRP – 09
SNC – 00
UDP – 02
UP – 02
UPC – 00
UPM – 00
UPP – 00
ZLP – 00

Bayelsa State went to poll Saturday to elect the man/woman that will lead the state for the next four years.

Voters are awaiting the results to know who will govern them for the next four years

We bring you the official results from that election as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission.