The Bayelsa and Kogi States gubernatorial election held 16th November 2019 as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In Bayelsa State, 45 political parties fielded candidates (42 males and 3 females) in the election, Whereas Kogi State, had 24 political parties with 24 governorship candidates made up of 21 males and 3 females. Total number of registered voters in Bayelsa is put at 923,182 and 96.3% of the registered voters according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), collected their Permanent Voters Card (PVC).  Total PVCs collected in Kogi State prior to the election totaled 1,485,928. The Kogi West Senatorial election was held alongside the governorship election. The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD), as an accredited INEC domestic election observer organization, deployed a team of trained observers to the states to observe and provide factual election day reports.  The report of the Centre’s observation is presented below: