Incumbent governor, Seriake Dickson, has polled the most votes in the election of Southern Ijaw local government.

The Peoples Democratic Party candidate polled 23,081 to defeat Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress, who got 10,216 votes.

A total of 39, 679 votes were cancelled, according to the returning officer for Southern Ijaw.

In the initial inconclusive election, Dickson polled 105,748 votes while Sylva had 72,594 votes.

From the seven local government councils announced in the supplementary poll, Dickson got 29,150 votes, while Sylva had 14,258 votes.

From the cumulative votes polled during the December 5 Bayelsa governorship election and the January 9 Supplementary election, Dickson polled 134, 898 while his challenger, Sylva earned 86, 852.

See below, results from all the local governments.

Southern Ijaw supplementary poll

No of registered voters 120,827

APC 10, 216

PDP 23, 081

Cancelled votes 39, 679

 

Nembe supplementary poll
No of registered voters 4294
Accredited voters 2649
Votes scored APC 1400, PDP 1160
Total valid votes 2574
Rejected votes 31
Total votes cast 2605

Ekeremor supplementary poll
Total registered votes 9157
Accredited votes 3018
Votes scored APC 257, PDP 2695
Total valid votes 2968
Rejected votes 42
Total votes cast 3010

Ogbia supplementary
No of Registered voters 4344
No of accredited voters 1551
Votes scored APC 139, PDP 1290
Total valid votes 1449
Rejected votes 47
Total vote cast 1496

Sagbama supplementary result
No of Registered voters 2005
No of accredited voters 326
Votes scored APC 111, PDP 180
Total valid votes 303
Rejected votes 21
Total votes cast 324

Brass supplementary result
No of Registered voters 2255
No of accredited voters 1703
Votes scored APC 1679, PDP 05
Total valid votes 1696
Rejected votes 7
Total votes cast 1703

Yenagoaa: Collation officer,
7 registered areas with 18 polling units
No of registered voters 9560
Accredited Voters 1480
No of votes scored APC 448
PDP 839
Total valid votes 1309
Rejected votes 54
Total vote cast 1363