Elections in Liberia

Elections in Liberia occur solely at the national level. The head of state, the President of Liberia, is elected to a six-year term in a two-round system, in which a run-off between the two candidates with the highest number of votes is held should no single candidate earn a majority of the vote in the first round. The Legislature has two elected chambers.

The House of Representatives has 73 members, elected to six-year terms by the first-past-the-post method in single-member districts. The Senate has 30 members, 2 from each county, elected at-large to nine-year terms by the first-past-the-post method. Senatorial elections are staggered, with one senator from each county being elected in elections held three years apart, followed by a six-year period in which no senatorial elections are held.

All citizens who are 18 years or older may register to vote in elections. Under Article 83(a) of the Constitution, elections are held on the second Tuesday of October every election year, with presidential run-off elections being held on the second Tuesday following the announcement of the results of the first round. Elections are regulated by the National Elections Commission of Liberia (NEC).

The first round of a general election to elect the President and House of Representatives on 10 October 2017, resulted in a run-off between ex-football star George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai.^[1] George Weah won the run-off with more than 60% of the ballots cast.^[2]

Latest elections[]

Presidential elections[]


Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	George Weah	Jewel Taylor	Coalition for Democratic Change	596,037	38.37	732,185	61.54
	Joseph Boakai	Emmanuel James Nuquay	Unity Party	446,716	28.76	457,579	38.46
	Charles Brumskine	Harrison S. Karnwea Sr.	Liberty Party	149,495	9.62
	Prince Johnson	Audrian R. Smith-Forbes	Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction	127,666	8.22
	Alexander B. Cummings Jr.	Jeremiah Sulunteh	Alternative National Congress	112,067	7.21
	Benoni Urey	Alexander Nyonkon Duopu	All Liberian Party	24,246	1.56
	Joseph Mills Jones	Samuel B. Reeves Jr.	Movement for Economic Empowerment	12,854	0.83
	MacDella Cooper	William R. Slocum	Liberia Restoration Party	11,645	0.75
	Henry Boima Fahnbulleh Jr.	Marcus S.G. Dahn	Liberian People's Party	11,560	0.74
	Oscar Cooper	Wonderr Koryenen Freeman	Independent	10,381	0.67
	MacDonald A. Wento	John N. Bleah	United People's Party	8,968	0.58
	Simeon C. M. Freeman	William T. Knowlden	Movement for Progressive Change	6,682	0.43
	Isaac Gbombadee Wiles	Richmond D. K. Yarkpah	Democratic Justice Party	6,379	0.41
	Aloysius William Kpadeh	John S. Partor	Independent	5,922	0.38
	Kennedy Gbleyah Sandy	Victoria Morris Tweh	Liberia Transformation Party	5,343	0.34
	George Sluwer Dweh Sr.	Annie Y. Tuazama	Redemption Democratic Congress	4,935	0.32
	William Wiah Tuider	Dave L. Dixon	New Liberia Party	4,920	0.32
	Jeremiah Z. Whapoe	Isaac D. G. Flowers	Vision for Liberia Transformation	3,946	0.25
	Yarkpajuwur N. Mator	Ruth L. Kollie	Independent	1,940	0.12
	Wendell J. E. McIntosh	Manjerngie Cecelia Ndebe	Change Democratic Action	1,646	0.11
Total				1,553,348	100.00	1,189,764	100.00

Valid votes				1,553,348	94.61	1,189,764	97.67
Invalid/blank votes				88,574	5.39	28,360	2.33
Total votes				1,641,922	100.00	1,218,124	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,183,629	75.19	2,183,629	55.78
Source: NEC NEC

House of Representatives elections[]

Constituencies won


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC–NPP–LPDP)	239,754	15.57	21	+7
	Unity Party	220,508	14.32	20	−4
	Liberty Party	131,980	8.57	3	−4
	Alternative National Congress	93,475	6.07	0	New
	People's Unification Party	90,421	5.87	5	New
	All Liberian Party	77,013	5.00	3	New
		59,268	3.85	1	New
		56,734	3.69	2	New
	Coalition for Liberia's Progress	50,732	3.30	0	New
		49,621	3.22	1	0
	United People's Party	47,357	3.08	1	New
		28,385	1.84	1	+1
	Liberian People's Party	24,287	1.58	1	New
	Vision for Liberia Transformation	21,324	1.39	0	New
	Grassroot Democratic Party	20,588	1.34	0	0
	Liberia National Union	20,227	1.31	1	+1
		19,980	1.30	0	−2
	True Whig Party	14,723	0.96	0	New
		11,690	0.76	0	New
	Democratic Justice Party	7,415	0.48	0	New
	Change Democratic Action	7,166	0.47	0	New
	Redemption Democratic Congress	5,731	0.37	0	New
	Liberians for Prosperity	628	0.04	0	New
	New Liberia Party	494	0.03	0	New
	Independents	240,001	15.59	13	−2
Total		1,539,502	100.00	73	0

Valid votes		1,539,502	94.86
Invalid/blank votes		83,427	5.14
Total votes		1,622,929	100.00
Source: NEC

Senate elections[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Congress for Democratic Change	135,897	29.78	2
	Liberty Party	52,351	11.47	2
	Unity Party	47,123	10.33	4
	National Patriotic Party	27,602	6.05	1
	People's Unification Party	22,528	4.94	1
	Alternative National Congress	18,917	4.15	1
	Alliance for Peace and Democracy	18,410	4.03	0
	National Democratic Coalition	5,726	1.25	1
	Union of Liberian Democrats	4,092	0.90	0
	Liberia Transformation Party	3,680	0.81	0
	Grassroot Democratic Party of Liberia	3,154	0.69	0
	Movement for Progressive Change	3,038	0.67	0
	Liberia National Union	1,779	0.39	0
	Victory for Change Party	1,266	0.28	0
	Independents	110,707	24.26	3
Total		456,270	100.00	15

Valid votes		456,270	95.07
Invalid/blank votes		23,666	4.93
Total votes		479,936	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,903,229	25.22
Source: NEC, NEC

References[]

^ "National Elections Commission Liberia". NEC. 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
^ "George Weah elected Liberian president". bbc.com. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

External links[]

[1] "National Elections Commission Liberia". NEC. 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[2] "George Weah elected Liberian president". bbc.com. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

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