On Monday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), through its returning officer for the election, Farouk Adamu, declared incumbent Governor Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Bayelsa State governorship election held on 11 November.
Mr Diri secured a total of 175,196 votes to beat ex-governor Timipre Sylva, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who came second with 110,108 votes. None of the other 14 candidates polled up to 1,000 votes.
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,056,862 but valid votes on election day was only 287,554. Total votes cast in the exercise was 291,212.
