2023 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election

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2023 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election
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Party APC PDP
Governor before election

Douye Diri
PDP

Elected Governor

TBD
TBD

The 2023 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election will take place in late 2023, to elect the Governor of Bayelsa State. Incumbent PDP Governor Douye Diri is eligible to run for re-election, but has not yet stated whether he will do so. The primaries will be scheduled for late 2022 or early 2023.[1][2]

Electoral system[]

The Governor of Bayelsa State is elected is elected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of state local government areas. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government areas.

Primary elections[]

The primaries, along with any potential challenges to primary results, will take place in early 2023.

APC[]

Potential[]

  • Timipre Sylva, former Governor and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources[3]
  • , former Deputy Governor and 2020 Bayelsa West senatorial by-election nominee[3]
  • David Lyon, 2019 APC gubernatorial nominee[3]
  • Heineken Lokpobiri, former Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development and former Bayelsa West Senator[3]

PDP[]

Potential[]

  • Douye Diri, incumbent Governor
  • Timi Alaibe, former NDDC Managing Director/CEO and 2019 PDP gubernatorial candidate

References[]

  1. ^ "Bayelsa 2023 guber polls: Ebebi jettisons Sylva's rotational formula, declares interest". Vanguard News. 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  2. ^ Reporters, Swift (2020-04-23). "Ebebi, Set To Tackle Sylva In The 2023 Bayelsa Governorship Election". Swift Reporters. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  3. ^ a b c d "Bayelsa 2023 guber polls: Ebebi jettisons Sylva's rotational formula, declares interest". Vanguard. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
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