The 2017 General Elections were held on October 10,2017 to elect the President and House of Representatives
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
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took office in 2006, after her predecessor, Charles Taylor, was forced out by rebels in 2003, ending a long civil war.
Charles Taylor is serving a 50-year prison sentence in the UK for war crimes related to the conflict in neighbouring Sierra Leone.
No candidate won a majority in the first round of the presidential vote meaning a run-off will be held between the top two candidates,George Weah and Joseph Boakai on Tuesday December26,2017
The second round was originally scheduled for Nov 07,2017 but was postponed after third-placed candidate Charles Brumskine challenged the result in the Supreme Court
Liberians Vote In Presidential Run-Off Tuesday Dec 26,2017
Liberia went to the polls on Tuesday Dec 26,2017 for a presidential election that voters hope will mark the country's first democratic transfer of power in over seven decades, despite it being tarnished by allegations of fraud.
Former world footballer of the year George Weah is squaring up against vice president Joseph Boakai, with both men promising a break with a heritage of poverty and corruption in a country where most citizens have no reliable electricity or clean drinking water.
Joseph Boakai, the leader of the ruling Unity Party, received just 28.8 % of the October 10 vote compared with 38.8 % for George Weah, who represents the Coalition for Democratic Change
They are bidding to succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in a run-off vote delayed for over a month after Boakai and third-placed Charles Brumskine of the Liberty Party alleged widespread fraud in October's first-round vote, a challenge that the Supreme Court rejected this month.
Some 2.2 million people were eligible to vote in the elections at more than 5,300 polling stations between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. local time (0600 and 1800 GMT)
Tuesday Dec 26,2017's poll holds out the hope for the first peaceful transfer of presidential power in the country in more than seven decades.
Liberia was wracked by back-to-back civil wars between 1989 and 2003 and remains one of the world's poorest nations.
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
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took office in 2006, after her predecessor, Charles Taylor, was forced out by rebels in 2003, ending a long civil war.
Charles Taylor is serving a 50-year prison sentence in the UK for war crimes related to the conflict in neighbouring Sierra Leone.
No candidate won a majority in the first round of the presidential vote meaning a run-off will be held between the top two candidates,George Weah and Joseph Boakai on Tuesday December26,2017
The second round was originally scheduled for Nov 07,2017 but was postponed after third-placed candidate Charles Brumskine challenged the result in the Supreme Court
Liberians Vote In Presidential Run-Off Tuesday Dec 26,2017
Liberia went to the polls on Tuesday Dec 26,2017 for a presidential election that voters hope will mark the country's first democratic transfer of power in over seven decades, despite it being tarnished by allegations of fraud.
Former world footballer of the year George Weah is squaring up against vice president Joseph Boakai, with both men promising a break with a heritage of poverty and corruption in a country where most citizens have no reliable electricity or clean drinking water.
Joseph Boakai, the leader of the ruling Unity Party, received just 28.8 % of the October 10 vote compared with 38.8 % for George Weah, who represents the Coalition for Democratic Change
They are bidding to succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in a run-off vote delayed for over a month after Boakai and third-placed Charles Brumskine of the Liberty Party alleged widespread fraud in October's first-round vote, a challenge that the Supreme Court rejected this month.
Some 2.2 million people were eligible to vote in the elections at more than 5,300 polling stations between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. local time (0600 and 1800 GMT)
Tuesday Dec 26,2017's poll holds out the hope for the first peaceful transfer of presidential power in the country in more than seven decades.
Liberia was wracked by back-to-back civil wars between 1989 and 2003 and remains one of the world's poorest nations.
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