Presidential election in Liberia 2017

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George Weah , President-elect of Liberia

The first round of presidential elections in Liberia 2017 took place on October 10 in Liberia , West Africa . In addition to the President , the members of the House of Representatives also stood for election .

No candidate achieved the necessary absolute majority in the first round. George Weah of the Congress for Democratic Change and Joseph Boakai of the Unity Party entered the runoff election on December 26th . Initially, the second round of the election was scheduled for November 7th. Due to the lawsuit of third-placed Charles Brumskine of the Liberty Party , the election date had to be postponed. The Supreme Court dismissed the action.

The elections were conducted and monitored by the National Elections Commission .

Candidates and Results

Winner by Counties (Earth Round)
Winner by County (Second Round)

Incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was not allowed to run again after two terms.

candidate Political party First round Second round
be right Share of votes in% be right Share of votes in%
George Weah Congress for Democratic Change 596.037 38.4 732.185 61.5
Joseph Boakai Unity party 446.716 28.8 457.579 38.5
Charles Brumskine Liberty Party 149,495 9.6
Prince Johnson Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction 127,666 8.2
Alexander Cummings Junior Alternative National Congress 112,067 7.2
Benoni Urey All Liberian Party 24,246 1.6
Joseph Mills Jones Movement for Economic Empowerment 12,854 0.8
MacDella Cooper Liberia Restoration Party 11,645 0.7
Henry Fahnbulleh Liberian People's Party 11,560 0.7
Oscar Cooper Independent 10,381 0.7
MacDonald Wento United People's Party 8,968 0.6
Simeon Freeman Movement for Progressive Change 6,682 0.4
Isaac Wiles Democratic Justice Party 6,379 0.4
Aloysius Kpadeh Independent 5,922 0.4
Kennedy Sandy Liberia Transformation Party 5,343 0.3
George Dweh Redemption Democratic Congress 4,935 0.3
William Tuider New Liberia Party 4,920 0.3
Jeremiah Whapoe Vision for Liberia Transformation 3,946 0.3
Yarkpajuwur Mator Independent 1,940 0.1
Wendell McIntosh Change Democratic Action 1,646 0.1
Invalid votes 88,574 - 28,360 -
total 1,641,922 100 1,218,124 100
Registered voters / turnout 2,183,629 75.2
Source: NEC , NEC

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Liberia election: Weah and Boakai headed for presidential run-off BBC News, October 16, 2017
  2. ^ Liberia presidential vote held by country's Supreme Court. BBC News, November 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ Liberian authorities tight-lipped over run-off and electoral roll clean-up. Radio France International, December 11, 2017.
  4. ^ Liberia's election threatens its fragile stability. Financial Times, April 8, 2016.