As the Bayelsa State Gubernatorial Election 2019 holds today, these are the statistics you should know.
STATISTICS:
Number of Local Governments: 8
Number of Registration Areas: 105
Number of Polling Units: 1,804
Number of candidates: 45 (42 males, 3 females)
Number of Registered Voters: 923,182: 498,790 (54.3%) male; 424,392 (45.97%) females
Number of Permanent Voter’s Cards collected: 889,308 (96.3%)
Number of uncollected Permanent Voter’s Cards: 33,874 (3.76%)
Local Government Areas highly prone to violence/risk level: Brass (20.3%), Nembe (20.4l%)
Source: Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)