The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Seriake Dickson has been re-elected as the Governor of Bayelsa State.

He was declared winner by the INEC REC.

Gov Dickson

Dickson of the PDP polled 134,998, while his major contender, Timipreye Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC), polled 86,852.

Below is the statistics from the polls:

Registered voters 654493

Accredited Votes 242114

Total valid votes  225520
Rejected votes 6647
Total votes cast 232167

APC 86,852
PDP 134,998
PDM 1572