The Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), David Lyon has obtained the highest number of votes in the just concluded Bayelsa Gubernatorial poll.
Lyon, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) floored the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Duoye Diri in six out of eight locals government areas of the state.
The APC polled 352,552 while PDP secured 143,170 votes, leaving a margin of 209,382.
Bayelsa state was created in 1996 and it has always been governed by the People’s Democratic Party until yesterday’s election where another party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled the highest number of votes making it the first time an opposition party would win a governorship election in the oil-rich state since the return of democracy in 1999.
Below are the scores from each local government area as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the state collation centre in Yenagoa.
Sagbama LGA
APC – 7, 831
PDP- 60, 339
Brass LGA
APC – 23, 831
PDP- 10, 410
Nembe LGA
APC – 83, 041
PDP- 874
Ekeremor LGA
APC – 21, 489
PDP- 18, 344
Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA
APC – 8, 934
PDP- 15, 360
Ogbia LGA
APC – 58, 016
PDP- 13, 763
Southern-Ijaw LGA
APC – 124, 803
PDP- 4, 898
Yenagoa LGA
APC – 24, 607
PDP- 19, 184
INEC is about making final pronouncement on the election.