The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), David Lyon as won the Bayelsa state governorship election after 20 years of PDP rule.
The APC candidate defeated his closest rival, Duoye Diri, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Bayelsa state consists of eight local government areas including Brass, Ekeremo, Kolokuma/Opokuma, Nembe, Ogbia, Sagbama, Southern Ijaw and Yenagoa.
Below are the results of the election in each local government.
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
In total, APC polled 352,552 while PDP secured 143,170 votes, leaving a margin of 209,382.