Bayelsa Governorship Election 2023: Final Results from INEC's State Collation Centre (Live Updates)
Welcome to Legit.ng's live updates of the official results of the 2023 Bayelsa governorship election as announced directly by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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Southern Ijaw
- APC - 18,174
- LP - 119
- PDP - 24,685
- Registered Voters - 184,401
- Valid Votes - 43,158
- Rejected Votes - 663
- Total Votes Cast - 43,821
Brass LGA
- APC - 18,431
- LP - 83
- PDP - 12,602
- Registered voters - 94040
- Accredited voters - 32064
Ekeremor LGA
- APC - 8,445
- PDP - 23,172
- LP - 50
- Registered voters - 137,225
- Accredited voters - 32,066
- Total valid votes - 31,741
- Rejected votes - 279
- Total votes cast - 32,020
Note: Elections were cancelled in 5 polling units due to deliberate bypass of BVAS
Nembe LGA
- APC - 22,248
- PDP - 4,556
- LP - 113
- Registered voters - 99,035
- Accredited voters - 27,404
- Total valid votes - 27,036
- Rejected votes - 264
- Total votes cast - 27,300
Sagbama LGA
- APC - 6,608
- PDP - 35,504
- LP - 217
- Accredited voters - 42,879
- Total valid votes - 42,467
- Rejected votes - 393
- Total votes cast - 42,860
Yenagoa LGA
- APC - 14,534
- LP - 244
- PDP - 37,777
- Wards - 15
- Number of Registered voters - 218,394
- Accredited Voters - 54380
Ogbia LGA
- APC - 16,319
- LP - 57
- PDP - 18,435
- Number of Registered voters - 119571
- Accredited Voters - 36955
Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA
- APC - 5,349
- LP - 22
- PDP - 18,465
- Total Number of Registered voters - 65,364
- Accredited Voters - 24,171
- Rejected Votes - 141
- Total Votes Cast - 24059
Collation finally begins
The collation centre is open and the exercise begins now.
Collation update from Bayelsa
The collation of results was scheduled to start 10am today but at the moment, the exercise is yet to start.
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