2019 Nigerian Senate elections in Bayelsa State

The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Bayelsa State was held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Bayelsa State. Douye Diri representing Bayelsa Central, and Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo representing Bayelsa West both won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party (Nigeria), while Biobarakuma Degi representing Bayelsa East won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Overview

Affiliation	Party		Total
	APC	PDP
Before Election	0	3	3
After Election	1	2	3

Summary

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
Bayelsa Central	Emmanuel Paulker		PDP	Douye Diri		PDP
Bayelsa West	Foster Ogola		PDP	Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo		PDP
Bayelsa East	Ben Murray-Bruce		PDP	Biobarakuma Degi		APC

Results

Bayelsa Central

A total of 14 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Douye Diri won the election, defeating APC candidate Festus Sunday Daumiebi and 12 other party candidates. Douye received 53.88% of the votes, while Daumiebi received 45.55%.^[6][7]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Bayelsa State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Douye Diri	83,978	53.88%
	APC	Festus Daumiebi	70,998	45.55%
	Others		898	0.58%
Total votes			155,874	100%
	PDP hold

Bayelsa West

A total of 16 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo won the election, defeating APC candidate Matthew Ado Karimo and 14 other party candidates. Ewhrudjakpo received 70.92% of the votes, while Karimo received 28.73%.^[8][9]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Bayelsa State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo	49,912	70.92%
	APC	Matthew Karimo	20,219	28.73%
	Others		246	0.35%
Total votes			70,377	100%
	PDP hold

Bayelsa East

A total of 16 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Biobarakuma Degi won the election, defeating PDP candidate Ipigansi Blessing Izagara and 12 other party candidates. Biobarakuma Degi received 45.71% of the votes, while Izagara received 34.16%.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15]}

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Bayelsa State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	APC	Biobarakuma Degi	43,303	45.71%
	PDP	Ipigansi Izagara	32,363	34.16%
	Others		19,068	20.13%
Total votes			94,734	100%
	APC hold

Bye-Elections

On 13 February 2020, the Supreme Court of Nigeria invalidated the results of the 2019 Bayelsa State gubernatorial elections on the grounds that the running mate of the actual winner of the election, David Lyon, submitted a fake certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The court ordered Douye Diri to be issued a certificate of return, and installed governor with Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo as his deputy. This development left the Senatorial seats in Bayelsa West and Bayelsa Central vacant. A bye-election was conducted on December 5, 2019, ushering in Cleopas Moses representing Bayelsa Central and Seriake Dickson representing Bayelsa West both on the platform of People's Democratic Party^{[16][17][18][19][20]}