Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in Liberia. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Liberia.- More info: Liberia elections, 2005
Candidate | Party | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
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 | Independent | 3,188 | 0.3% | ||
Alfred Reeves | National Reformation Party | 3,156 | 0.3% | ||
Invalid or blank votes | 38,883 | 3.8% | 20,144 | 2.4% | |
Totals | 1,012,673 | 100% | 825,716 | 100% |
Political Party |
Candidates |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes |
Number of Seats |
% of Seats |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Congress for Democratic Change | 58 | 157,753 | 15.97% | 15 | 23.44% |
Liberty Party | 62 | 125,469 | 12.70% | 9 | 14.06% |
Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia | 61 | 137,897 | 13.97% | 8 | 12.50% |
Unity Party | 58 | 123,373 | 12.49% | 8 | 12.50% |
Alliance for Peace and Democracy | 24 | 38,285 | 3.86% | 5 | 7.81% |
National Patriotic Party | 50 | 78,751 | 7.97% | 4 | 6.25% |
New Deal Movement | 21 | 35,721 | 3.62% | 3 | 4.69% |
All Liberia Coalition Party | 13 | 19,471 | 1.97% | 2 | 3.13% |
National Democratic Party of Liberia | 28 | 29,402 | 2.98% | 1 | 1.56% |
National Reformation Party | 24 | 22,542 | 2.28% | 1 | 1.56% |
United Democratic Alliance | 9 | 14,078 | 1.43% | 1 | 1.56% |
Free Democratic Party | 12 | 19,326 | 1.96% | 0 | 0 |
Progressive Democratic Party | 12 | 11,997 | 1.21% | 0 | 0 |
Freedom Alliance Party of Liberia | 16 | 11,126 | 1.13% | 0 | 0 |
Union of Liberian Democrats | 9 | 10,089 | 1.02% | 0 | 0 |
Labor Party of Liberia | 9 | 7,811 | 0.79% | 0 | 0 |
Liberia Equal Rights Party | 3 | 7,256 | 0.73% | 0 | 0 |
Reformed United Liberia Party | 8 | 6,252 | 0.63% | 0 | 0 |
Liberian Destiny Party | 8 | 5,493 | 0.60% | 0 | 0 |
National Vision Party of Liberia | 2 | 3,443 | 0.35% | 0 | 0 |
National Party of Liberia | 1 | 1,532 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 |
Independents | 25 | 65,073 | 6.59% | 7 | 10.94% |
Invalid or blank votes | - | 52,550 | 5.32% | - | - |
Totals | 513 | 987,911 | 100% | 64 | 100% |
Political Party |
Candidates |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes |
Number of Seats |
% of Seats |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia | 29 | 232,636 | 13.51% | 7 | 23.33% |
Unity Party | 27 | 222,705 | 12.93% | 4 | 13.33% |
Congress for Democratic Change | 25 | 252,677 | 15.97% | 3 | 10.00% |
Liberty Party | 29 | 213,234 | 12.38% | 3 | 10.00% |
National Patriotic Party | 20 | 178,259 | 10.35% | 3 | 10.00% |
Alliance for Peace and Democracy | 13 | 119,091 | 6.92% | 3 | 10.00% |
National Democratic Party of Liberia | 16 | 60,668 | 3.52% | 2 | 6.67% |
All Liberia Coalition Party | 3 | 28,385 | 1.65% | 1 | 3.33% |
National Reformation Party | 4 | 12,037 | 0.70% | 1 | 3.33% |
Progressive Democratic Party | 5 | 17,262 | 1.00% | 0 | 0% |
Reformed United Liberia Party | 4 | 13,293 | 0.77% | 0 | 0% |
Freedom Alliance Party of Liberia | 5 | 13,050 | 0.76% | 0 | 0% |
United Democratic Alliance | 4 | 11,265 | 0.65% | 0 | 0% |
Union of Liberian Democrats | 1 | 5,503 | 0.32% | 0 | 0% |
New Deal Movement | 3 | 4,264 | 0.25% | 0 | 0% |
Liberian Destiny Party | 3 | 3,431 | 0.20% | 0 | 0% |
Labor Party of Liberia | 1 | 1,645 | 0.10% | 0 | 0% |
Independents | 13 | 301,729 | 17.52% | 3 | 10.00% |
Invalid or blank votes | - | 31,206 | 1.81% | - | - |
Totals | 205 | 1,722,108 | 100.00% | 30 | 100% |
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