The 2019 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election occurred on 16 November 2019, the APC nominee David Lyon won the election, defeating

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of the PDP. David Lyon emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after defeating his closest rival, Diseye Nsirim. He picked

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as his running mate.

was the PDP candidate with Lawrence Ewrujakpor as his running mate. 45 candidates contested in the election.

Electoral system

The Governor of Bayelsa State is elected using the

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Primary election

APC primary

The APC

primary election Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the ...

was held on 4 September 2019. David Lyon won the primary election polling 42,138 votes against 5 other candidates. His closest rival was Diseye Nsirim, who came a distant second with 1,533 votes.

Candidates

*Party nominee: David Lyon: businessman *Running mate:

: Nigerian senator *

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: former Nigerian senator *Preye Aganaba *Prince Amgbare *Maureen Etebu

PDP primary

The PDP

was held on September 3, 2019.

won the primary election polling 561 votes against 20 other candidates. His closest rival was Timi Alaibe, a former managing director of the

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, who came second with 365 votes, Gboribiogha Jonah, the incumbent deputy governor, scored 62 votes.

Candidates

*Party nominee:

: Nigerian senator *Running mate: Lawrence Ewrujakpor: Nigerian senator * Timi Alaibe: former managing director of the

* Gboribiogha Jonah: incumbent deputy governor

Results

A total number of 45 candidates registered with the

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to contest in the election. 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.

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.

References

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Bayelsa State gubernatorial election

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Bayelsa State gubernatorial elections