2019 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election

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2019 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election
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Nominee David Lyon Douye Diri
Party APC PDP
Running mate Biobarakuma Degi Lawrence Ewrujakpor
Popular vote352,552143,172
2019 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election.png
LGA results
Lyon:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     >90%
Diri:     60–70%     80–90%
Governor before election

Henry Seriake Dickson
PDP

Elected Governor

David Lyon
APC

The 2019 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election occurred on 16 November 2019, the APC nominee David Lyon won the election, defeating Douye Diri of the PDP. [1] [2]

Contents

David Lyon emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after defeating his closest rival, Diseye Nsirim. [3] He picked Biobarakuma Degi as his running mate. [4] Douye Diri was the PDP candidate with Lawrence Ewrujakpor as his running mate. [5] 45 candidates contested in the election. [6]

Electoral system

The Governor of Bayelsa State is elected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of local government areas. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government areas. [7]

Primary election

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on 4 September 2019. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] David Lyon won the primary election polling 42,138 votes against 5 other candidates. [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] His closest rival was Diseye Nsirim, who came a distant second with 1,533 votes. [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] [94] [95]

Candidates

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on September 3, 2019. Douye Diri won the primary election polling 561 votes against 20 other candidates. [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] His closest rival was Timi Alaibe, a former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, who came second with 365 votes, Gboribiogha Jonah, the incumbent deputy governor, scored 62 votes. [105] [106] [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117]

Candidates

Results

A total number of 45 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [118] [119]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 922,562, while 517,883 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 505,884, while number of valid votes was 499,551. Rejected votes were 6,333. [120] [121] [122] [123] [124] [125] [126] [127] [128] [129] [130] [131]

CandidatePartyVotes%
David Lyon All Progressives Congress 352,55270.57
Douye Diri People's Democratic Party 143,17228.66
Other candidates3,8270.77
Total499,551100.00
Valid votes499,55198.75
Invalid/blank votes6,3331.25
Total votes505,884100.00
Registered voters/turnout922,56254.83
Source: TVC News

By local government area

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 499,551 represents the 45 political parties that participated in the election. Blue represents LGAs won by David Lyon. Green represents LGAs won by Douye Diri. [132] [133]

LGADavid Lyon

APC

Douye Diri

PDP

Total Votes
#%#%#
Yenagoa 24,60719,184
Brass 23,83110,410
Nembe 83,041874
Sagbama 7,83160,339
Ogbia 58,01613,763
Kolokuma/Opokuma 8,93415,360
Southern Ijaw 124,8034,898
Ekeremor 21,48918,344
Totals352,552143,172499,551

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