Bayelsa Decides 2023: Live Updates of Events and Results

A total of 1,017,613 registered voters are expected to determine who becomes the next governor of Bayelsa as voting opens on Saturday, November 11, 2023.

In the race are 16 political parties and their candidates including the incumbent, Gov. Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Timipre Slyva of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Eradiyi Udengmobofa of the Labour Party (LP).

The election will hold in all the eight Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state, namely,  Brass, Ekeremor, Kolokuma/Opokuma, Nembe, Ogbia, Sagbama, Southern Ijaw and Yenegoa.

The poll is expected to begin in all the 2,242 Polling Units across the eight local government areas from  8.30am to 2.30pm or when the last voter on queue finish voting.

A breakdown of the total registered voters according to INEC shows that 556,085 (54 per cent) are males, 490, 767 females (46 per cent), and Persons Living with Disability, 880.

NewsWireNGR brings you live update events at polling units across the states.

• Former President, Jonathan, and wife, Patience Jonathan arrived at their polling unit 39, Ward 13 in Otuoke, Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa state to cast their votes.
  
• Boat with 12 election personnel capsizes in Southern Ijaw; unknown gunmen abduct INEC staff in Sagbama.
• PDP demands replacement of lost materials in boat mishap: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should ensure that the people of Koluama in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State are not disenfranchised in the Bayelsa State Governorship election due to the loss of election materials in Friday, November 10, 2011 boat mishap. INEC should reassure the people by ensuring timely replacement and delivery of all the electoral materials to Koluama. The PDP will continue to monitor to ensure credibility in the electoral process in Bayelsa State.