# 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. George Weah won the run-off with more than 60% of the ballots cast.

## Latest elections
### Presidential elections

No candidate won a majority in the first round, with Weah narrowly placing first over opposition leader Joseph Boakai, which meant both advanced to a runoff held on 14 November 2023.
Boakai defeated Weah 51% to 49% in the closest runoff in Liberia's electoral history.
| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | George Weah | Jewel Taylor | Coalition for Democratic Change | 804,087 | 43.83 | 793,914 | 49.36 |
| | Joseph Boakai | Jeremiah Koung | Unity Party | 796,961 | 43.44 | 814,481 | 50.64 |
| | Edward W. Appleton | Alex Gontee | Grassroots Development Movement | 40,271 | 2.20 | | |
| | Lusinee Kamara | Matthew Darblo | All Liberia Coalition Party | 35,988 | 1.96 | | |
| | Alexander B. Cummings Jr. | Charlyne Brumskine | Collaborating Political Parties | 29,613 | 1.61 | | |
| | Tiawan Saye Gongloe | Emmanuel Yarkpawolo | Liberian People's Party | 26,394 | 1.44 | | |
| | Allen R. Brown Jr. | Noosevett Weah | Liberia Restoration Party | 15,607 | 0.85 | | |
| | Simeon Freeman | James Barclay | Movement for Progressive Change | 13,205 | 0.72 | | |
| | William Wiah Tuider | Jonah Dumoe | Democratic National Allegiance | 11,184 | 0.61 | | |
| | Joshua Tom Turner | Somah Paygai | New Liberia Party | 9,813 | 0.53 | | |
| | Jeremiah Whapoe | Erasmus Fahnbulleh | Vision for Liberia Transformation | 9,149 | 0.50 | | |
| | Luther Yorfee | Juvenal Pearson | Liberia Rebuilding Party | 6,479 | 0.35 | | |
| | Bendu Kromah | Thomas Kruah | Independent | 5,991 | 0.33 | | |
| | Clarence Moniba | Grace-Tee Kpaan | Liberia National Union | 5,298 | 0.29 | | |
| | Sherikh Kouyateh | Max Vargbelee | Liberia First Movement | 5,100 | 0.28 | | |
| | David Kiamu | Annie Tuazama | Democratic People's Party of Liberia | 5,086 | 0.28 | | |
| | Alexander Kollie | Grace Yuan | Reformers National Congress | 4,398 | 0.24 | | |
| | Sara Beysolow Nyanti | Simeon Moribah | African Liberation League | 3,644 | 0.20 | | |
| | Robert Franz Morris | Celia Brown | Independent | 3,363 | 0.18 | | |
| | Richard Saye Miller | Emike Slawon | Liberian for Prosperity Party | 2,885 | 0.16 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 1,834,516 | 100.00 | 1,608,395 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,834,516 | 94.12 | 1,608,395 | 98.42 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 114,639 | 5.88 | 25,788 | 1.58 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,949,155 | 100.00 | 1,634,183 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,471,617 | 78.86 | 2,471,617 | 66.12 |
| Source: NEC (candidates), NEC ||||||||

### House of Representatives elections

| | Coalition for Democratic Change | 401,921 | 22.12 | 25 | +4 |
| | Unity Party | 237,931 | 13.09 | 11 | −9 |
| | Collaborating Political Parties (ANC–LP) | 137,909 | 7.59 | 6 | New |
| | People's Unification Party | 78,913 | 4.34 | 2 | −3 |
| | Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction | 50,408 | 2.77 | 4 | +2 |
| | All Liberian Party | 45,886 | 2.53 | 1 | −2 |
| | Liberia National Union | 42,179 | 2.32 | 1 | 0 |
| | Movement for One Liberia | 38,884 | 2.14 | 0 | New |
| | Liberian People's Party | 35,400 | 1.95 | 0 | −1 |
| | National Development Party | 32,202 | 1.77 | 0 | New |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters of Liberia | 26,102 | 1.44 | 0 | New |
| | All Liberia Coalition Party | 23,436 | 1.29 | 0 | New |
| | African Liberation League | 20,562 | 1.13 | 0 | New |
| | Liberia Transformation Party | 19,087 | 1.05 | 0 | −1 |
| | Democratic National Allegiance | 18,959 | 1.04 | 0 | New |
| | Movement for Progressive Change | 18,946 | 1.04 | 1 | +1 |
| | National Democratic Coalition | 18,768 | 1.03 | 1 | New |
| | Vision for Liberia Transformation | 14,641 | 0.81 | 1 | +1 |
| | United Independent Democrats | 14,393 | 0.79 | 0 | New |
| | Liberia Restoration Party | 13,604 | 0.75 | 1 | +1 |
| | New Liberia Party | 10,057 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic People's Party of Liberia | 9,850 | 0.54 | 0 | New |
| | Liberia Rebuilding Party | 9,768 | 0.54 | 0 | New |
| | Liberia First Movement | 8,608 | 0.47 | 0 | New |
| | Rainbow Alliance (TWP−VCP) | 8,574 | 0.47 | 0 | New |
| | Liberian for Prosperity Party | 4,499 | 0.25 | 0 | New |
| | Reformers National Congress | 3,116 | 0.17 | 0 | New |
| | African Democratic Movement of Liberia | 2,303 | 0.13 | 0 | New |
| | All Liberians Solidarity Party | 1,940 | 0.11 | 0 | New |
| | Greater Action Party of Liberia | 831 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| | Grassroots Development Movement | 228 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 467,105 | 25.71 | 19 | +6 |
| Total | Total | 1,817,010 | 100.00 | 73 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,817,010 | 94.10 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 113,962 | 5.90 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,930,972 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,471,617 | 78.13 | | |
| Source: NEC ||||||

### Senate elections

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Total before | Up | Won | Total after | +/– |
| | Coalition for Democratic Change | 620,892 | 34.26 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +3 |
| | Unity Party | 218,138 | 12.04 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | –3 |
| | Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction | 128,437 | 7.09 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 |
| | People's Unification Party | 86,466 | 4.77 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
| | Collaborating Political Parties (ANC–LP) | 83,423 | 4.60 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | –3 |
| | Liberia National Union | 41,681 | 2.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Liberian People's Party | 39,718 | 2.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | United Independent Democrats | 30,149 | 1.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | All Liberia Coalition Party | 29,362 | 1.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Liberia Restoration Party | 26,575 | 1.47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 |
| | All Liberian Party | 14,121 | 0.78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | National Development Party | 7,077 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters of Liberia | 6,590 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Rainbow Alliance (TWP−VCP) | 6,552 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Movement for One Liberia | 5,823 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic National Allegiance | 5,206 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | All Liberians Solidarity Party | 3,764 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Vision for Liberia Transformation | 3,609 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | New Liberia Party | 3,425 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Liberia Transformation Party | 2,881 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Democratic Coalition | 2,443 | 0.13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | –1 |
| | Greater Action Party of Liberia | 2,120 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Movement for Progressive Change | 2,046 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Liberia Rebuilding Party | 664 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 441,001 | 24.34 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 10 | +3 |
| Total | Total | 1,812,163 | 100.00 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,812,163 | 93.37 | | | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 128,694 | 6.63 | | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,940,857 | 100.00 | | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,471,617 | 78.53 | | | | | |
| Source: NEC |||||||||
* ↑ 5 held by the Congress for Democratic Change, 1 by the National Patriotic Party.
* ↑ 2 held by the Congress for Democratic Change, 1 by the National Patriotic Party.
* ↑ 4 held by the Liberty Party, 2 by the Alternative National Congress.
* ↑ 2 held by the Liberty Party, 1 by the Alternative National Congress.