2017 Liberian general election

**General elections** were held in Liberia on 10 October 2017, electing the President and House of Representatives.  No candidate won a majority in the first round of the presidential vote, so a run-off was held.

The elections are overseen by the National Elections Commission (NEC).

The run-off was held on 26 December. George Weah won the election with 62% of the vote.

## Candidates

Incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, in office since 2006, is constitutionally barred from running for a third term; the election will thus choose her successor.

### Scond Round

- Joseph Boakai, Vice President since January 2006.
- George Weah, former footballer who was defeated by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the 2005 election, has announced he will run for office again.

### Lost in first round

- Charles Brumskine, Leader of the Liberty Party and former President Pro Temp of the Senate
- MacDella Cooper, philanthropist
- Alexander B. Cummings, former Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Coca-Cola
- Prince Johnson, former rebel leader
- Joseph Mills Jones, leader of the Movement for Economic Empowerment and former Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia
- Richard Miller, businessman
- Benoni Urey, businessman
- MacDonald A. Wento, United People's Party
- Jeremiah Whapoe, businessman

## Opinion polls

|rowspan=2|Pollster|rowspan=2|Date|rowspan=2|Sample size|style="width:60px;"|Boakai|style="width:60px;"|Weah|style="width:60px;"|Johnson|style="width:60px;"|Urey|style="width:60px;"|Brumskine|style="width:60px;"|Cooper|style="width:60px;"|Cummings|rowspan="2" style="width:60px;"|Undecided|
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|align=left|Liberia Holding Consortium|May 2017|275|bgcolor="#98fb98"|29.45%|21.18%|N/A|11.26%|16%|0.72%|9.45%|N/A||||||||||
|align=left|Liberia Holding Consortium|June 2017|484|bgcolor="#98fb98"|36.36%|18.38%|3.92%|4.75%|13.22%|0.82%|7.02%|13.01%||||||||||
|align=left|Liberia Holding Consortium|August 2017|763|bgcolor="#98fb98"|33.81%|21.1%|2.88%|2.49%|12.45%|N/A|5.63%|13.63%||||||||||
|align=left|International Political Polls|August 2017|1,224|21.74%|bgcolor="lightblue"|24.73%|8.72%|6.38%|23.49%|N/A|9.55%|N/A||||||||||

## Results

- Second round:

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: Liberian presidential election, 2017
- **country**: Liberia
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: Liberian general election, 2011
- **previous year**: 2011
- **next election**: Liberian general election
- **next year**: _2023_
- **election date**: 10 October 2017 (first round)
26 December 2017 (second round)
- **title**: President
- **image1**: George Weah 2019 (cropped).jpg
- **image1 size**: x150px
- **nominee1**: George Weah
- **party1**: Coalition for Democratic Change, CDC
- **color1**: 0c2399
- **running mate1**: Jewel Taylor
- **popular vote1**: 732,185
- **percentage1**: 61.5%
- **image2**: Joseph Boakai (cropped).png
- **image2 size**: x150px
- **nominee2**: Joseph Boakai
- **party2**: Unity Party (Liberia)
- **running mate2**: Emmanuel Nuquay
- **popular vote2**: 457,579
- **percentage2**: 38.5%
- **map image**: 2017 Liberian presidential election map by county (2nd round).svg
- **map size**: 300px
- **map caption**: Counties won in the second round
- **before election**: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
- **before party**: Unity Party (Liberia)
- **after election**: George Weah
- **after party**: Coalition for Democratic Change