Governor Seriake Dickson Floors Timipre Sylva To Win Re-Election In Bayelsa

Bayelsa state governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been declared winner of the controversial governorship election, concluded today amidst violence, bloodshed and killings.

Dickson was declared winner of the election after he polled 134,998 votes, 48,146 votes more than his closest rival, former Governor Timipre Sylva of the All Progessives Congress, APC.

The Returning Officer of the election, Zana Akpagbu, returned Dickson as winner of the election, saying he had satisfied all requirements.

He said that, “Dickson Henry Seriake of PDP having satisfied the requirement of the law and secured the highest number of votes is hereby declared winner of the election.”

In all, there were 225,527 valid votes; 6, 647 rejected votes, while the total votes cast were 232,167. Dickson, who secured the most votes in the December 5, 2015 election had also led Sylva in the supplementary election held today.

Below is the statistics from the polls:

Registered voters: 654, 493

Accredited Voters: 242, 114

Total valid votes: 225, 520

Rejected votes: 6,647

Total votes cast: 232, 167

Party Scores:

APC: 86,852

PDP: 134,998

PDM: 1, 572