Sunday, 10 January 2016

Bayelsa Decides: Governor Dickson Gets Re-elected

Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Bayelsa supplementary governorship poll following official results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), today, January 10.
Dickson won seven out of the eight local governments in the South South state defeating Chief Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after a keenly contested election.
Merged with the result of the December 5, 2015 election, Dickson polled a total number of 134, 998 votes, while Sylva polled 86,852 votes.

Results have so far been announced in all the local governments where supplementary elections were conducted.

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