November 17, 2019

#BayelsaDecides: Final Governorship Results As Announced By INEC

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The final announcement of the governorship election results in Bayelsa has commenced.

Bayelsa has eight local government areas and the results from each of the local governments would be announced individually at the INEC secretariat in Yenagoa.

A total of 45 parties are taking part in the election which is, however, seen as a straight contest between Duoye Diri of the PDP and the David Lyon of the APC.

See the final results as announced by INEC below.

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#BayelsaDecides: Ogbia LGA

APC: 68,016

PDP: 13,763

#BayelsaDecides: Yenagoa LGA

APC: 24,607

PDP: 19,184

#BayelsaDecides: Brass LGA

Registered Voters: 67, 355

Accredited Voters: 35, 657

AAC – 010

APC – 23, 831

PDP – 10, 410

#BayelsaDecides: Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA

APC: 8,934

PDP: 15,360

#BayelsaDecides: Nembe LGA

APC: 83, 041

PDP: 874

#BayelsaDecides: Sagbama LGA

APC: 7,831

PDP: 60,339

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