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• Number of vote cast – 73193
• Rejected votes – 466
• Number of valid votes – 72727
• Accredited voters voters 74,330
• Number of register voters 109,903  Ogbia Local Government
  • Number of vote cast – 47,398
  • Rejected votes – 2,546
  • Number of valid votes – 44,852
  • Accredited voters voters 48,222
  • Number of register voters 199,895      Yenagoa Local GovernmentBrass LGA collation officer said a Ward result was cancelled because of over voting and also a polling unit results was also cancelled because of election irregularities. He said two other polling units results were also cancelled because of violence.A – 25
    AAC – 10
    AD – 04
    ADP – 03
    AGAP – 03
    ANP – 03
    APA – 14
    APC – 23,831
    APGA – 04
    APN – 02
    APP – 01
    ASD – 00
    BNPP – 02
    CAP – 00
    CNP – 00
    DA – 00
    DPC – 05
    DPP – 06
    FJP – 02
    FRESH – 04
    GPN – 00
    HDP – 00
    KP – 07
    LM – 03
    LP- 00
    MMN – 00
    MPN – 00
    MCP – 01
    NDLP -00
    NNPP – 00
    NPC – 07
    NRM – 00
    NUP – 02
    PDM – 10
    PDP – 10,410
    PPA – 01
    PPP – 01
    PRP – 01
    SMC – 01
    UDP – 00
    UP -0
    UPC – 01
    UPN – 00
    UPP – 00
    ZIP – 01
    • Number of vote cast – 34,849
    • Rejected votes – 484
    • Number of valid votes – 34,365
    • Accredited voters voters 35,657
    • Number of register voters 67,355
    Brass Local GovernmentThe PDP agent said the party’s candidate is also from the LGA and also alleged that there are about 5 wards that results were altered in favour of the APC.Accord party agent wonders why his party’s candidate whose LGA is Kolokuma/Opokuma said the election was rigged and the party “totally rejects” the result of the LGA.The APC agent alleged that the results from Ward 6 of the LGA was rigged as there were no voting in the Ward. Hence, the vote should be cancelled, the APC agent said.The collation said there was cancellation in a polling unit which has a total number of 446 registered voters. She said the polling unit votes was cancelled due to “over voting.”A 69
    AAC 27
    AD 3
    ADP 19
    AGAP 4
    ANP 3
    APA 30
    APC 8,934
    APGA 11
    APN 01
    APP 00
    ASD 00
    BNPP – 00
    CAP – 00
    CNP – 01
    DA – 03
    DPC – 04
    DPP – 15
    FJP – 02
    FRESH – 06
    GPN – 00
    HDP – 01
    KP – 11
    LM – 02
    MNM – 00
    MPN – 00
    MCP – 05
    NDLP -01
    NNPP – 00
    NPC – 13
    NRM – 00
    NUP – 02
    PDM- 24
    PDP – 15,360
    PPA – 09
    PPP – 8Number of vote cast 25,285
    Rejected votes 698
    Number of valid votes 24,587
    Accredited voters voters 25,462
    Number of register voters 52765Kolokuma collation officer began by saying the election was peaceful.
    • • Kolokuma/Opokuma
    However, the party agent of the PDP said about four wards in the local government were without voting exercises. Accord party agent noted that although there was violence before the election, but he said there were no violence “at all” during the election. Notably, there were no cancellations in any of the polling units in the Local government.The Nembe LGA collation officer recounted how one of their INEC buses ran inside a swap but thankfully no one was wounded, the collation officer said. He also mentioned that there is also a letter of protest from one of the candidates in the election. The collation officer didn’t mention name of the candidate.Nembe LGARegistered voters – 92, 546
    Accredited voters – 85, 103
    Valid votes – 84620
    Invalid – 302Total vote cast 84922A – 261
    AAC – 41
    AD – 23
    ADP -50
    ANP – 06
    APA – 06
    APC – 83, 041
    APGA – 03
    APM – 00
    ASD – 00
    BNPP –
    CAP – 05
    CNP – 02
    DA – 00
    DPP – 02
    FJP – 01
    FRESH – 00
    GPN –GPN – 00
    HDP – 00
    KP – 00
    HPP 0
    KP 0
    LM 61
    LM – 51
    LP – 06
    MMN – 00
    MPN 04
    NCP 03
    NNPP
    NPC 03
    NRM 01
    NUP 01
    PDM 02
    PDP 874
    PPA 00
    UDP 00
    SNC 27
    UDP 00
    UPC 22
    UPN 01
    UPP 13
    ZLP 33Sagbama LGA
    Registered voters 109, 460
    Accredited voters – 70, 111
    Valid votes – 68, 569
    Total votes cast – 69, 591A – 131
    AAC – 15
    AD – 12
    ADP – 10
    ADAP – 01
    ANP – 01
    APA – 15
    APC – 7, 831
    APGA – 27
    APM – 00
    APP – 46
    BNPP – 00
    DA – 01
    DPC – 05
    DPP -15
    FRESH – 15
    HDP – 01
    LM – 02
    LP – 02
    NCP – 02
    NPC – 20
    NRM – 07
    NUP – 01
    PDM – 27
    PDP – 60, 339
    PPA – 09
    PRP – 09
    SNC – 00
    UDP – 02
    UP – 02
    UPC – 00
    UPM – 00
    UPP – 00
    ZLP – 00Bayelsa State went to poll Saturday to elect the man/woman that will lead the state for the next four years.Voters are awaiting the results to know who will govern them for the next four yearsWe bring you the official results from that election as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission.