Elections in Liberia

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Liberia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a six-year term by the people. The Legislature has two chambers. The House of Representatives has 64 members, elected for a six-year term. The Senate has 30 members (2 from each county). 15 'senior' senators, who placed first in their respective county, serve nine-year terms. The remaining 15 senators, who placed second in their respective county, are known as 'junior' senators and serve six-year terms. Liberia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

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[edit] Latest elections

[edit] 2005 Presidential elections

Main article: Liberian general election, 2005
e•d Summary of the 11 October 2005 and 8 November Liberian presidential election results
Candidates - Nominating parties Votes 1st round % Votes 2nd round %
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf - Unity Party 192,326 19.8 478,526 59.4
George Weah - Congress for Democratic Change 275,265 28.3 327,046 40.6
Charles Brumskine - Liberty Party 135,093 13.9 - -
Winston Tubman - National Democratic Party of Liberia 89,623 9.2 - -
Varney Sherman - Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia 76,403 7.8 - -
Roland Massaquoi - National Patriotic Party 40,361 4.1 - -
Joseph Korto - Liberia Equal Rights Party 31,814 3.3 - -
Alhaji G.V. Kromah - All Liberia Coalition Party 27,141 2.8 - -
Togba-Nah Tipoteh - Alliance for Peace and Democracy 22,766 2.3 - -
William V.S. Tubman, Jr. - Reformed United Liberia Party 15,115 1.6 - -
John Morlu - United Democratic Alliance 12,068 1.2 - -
Nathaniel Barnes - Liberian Destiny Party 9,325 1.0 - -
Margaret Tor-Thompson - Freedom Alliance Party of Liberia 8,418 0.9 - -
Joseph Woah-Tee - Labor Party of Liberia 5,948 0.6 - -
Sekou Conneh - Progressive Democratic Party 5,499 0.6 - -
David Farhat - Free Democratic Party 4,497 0.5 - -
George Klay Kieh - New Deal Movement 4,476 0.5 - -
Armah Jallah - National Party of Liberia 3,837 0.4 - -
Robert Kpoto - Union of Liberian Democrats 3,825 0.4 - -
George Kiadii - National Vision Party of Liberia 3,646 0.4 - -
Samuel Raymond Divine 3,188 0.3 - -
Alfred Reeves - National Reformation Party 3,156 0.3 - -
Total Valid Votes 973,790 805,572
Invalid/Blank Votes 38,883 20,144
Total Votes 1,012,673 825,716
Voter Turnout (1,352,730 registered voters) 74.9% 61.0%

[edit] 2005 Parliamentary elections

Main article: Liberian general election, 2005
e•d Summary of the 11 October 2005 Liberian House of Representatives and Senate election results
Parties and coalitions House votes % in House House seats Senate votes % in Senate Senate seats
Congress for Democratic Change 23.44% 15 10% 3
Liberty Party 14.06% 9 10% 3
Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia 12.5% 8 23.34% 7
Unity Party 12.5% 8 10% 3
Alliance for Peace and Democracy 7.81% 5 10% 3
National Patriotic Party 6.25% 4 13.34% 4
New Deal Movement 4.69% 3 0% -
All Liberia Coalition Party 3.13% 2 3.34% 1
National Democratic Party of Liberia 1.56% 1 6.67% 2
National Reformation Party 1.56% 1 3.34% 1
United Democratic Alliance 1.56% 1 0% -
Independents 10.94% 7 10% 3
Total   64   30

[edit] Past elections

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1849 · 1851 · 1853 · 1855 · 1857 · 1859 · 1861 · 1863 · 1865 · 1867 · 1869 · 1871 · 1873 · 1875 · 1877 · 1879 · 1881 · 1883 · 1885 · 1887 · 1889 · 1891 · 1893 · 1895 · 1897 · 1899 · 1901 · 1903 · 1905 · 1907 · 1911 · 1915 · 1919 · 1923 · 1927 · 1931 · 1939 · 1943 · 1951 · 1955 · 1959 · 1963 · 1967 · 1971 · 1975 · 1985 · 1997 · 2005
Flag of Liberia Liberian parliamentary elections
1985 · 1997 · 2005
Flag of Liberia Liberian referendums
1846 · 1847 · 1975 · 1984

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