2020 Liberian Senate election
Senate elections were held in Liberia on 8 December 2020, with half the seats in the Senate up for election.[1] the elections were held concurrently with a constitutional referendum.
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
| Total before | Up | Won | Total after | +/– | ||||
| Collaborating Political Parties | 354,898 | 40.27 | 11[lower-alpha 2] | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 6 | 13 | +2 | |
| Congress for Democratic Change | 246,908 | 28.02 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | |
| People's Unification Party | 56,398 | 6.40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | |
| Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction | 37,899 | 4.30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | New | |
| All Liberia Coalition Party | 9,629 | 1.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Rainbow Alliance | 9,577 | 1.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Liberia Restoration Party | 7,253 | 0.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Liberia National Union | 6,789 | 0.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Movement for Progressive Change | 6,538 | 0.74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United People's Party | 5,848 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberia Transformation Party | 1,411 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Democratic Coalition | 659 | 0.07 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | |
| Movement for One Liberia | 131 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| National Patriotic Party | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | –4 | |||
| National Union for Democratic Progress | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | –1 | |||
| Alliance for Peace and Democracy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | –1 | |||
| Liberia Destiny Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | –1 | |||
| Independents | 137,251 | 15.58 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | +3 | |
| Total | 881,189 | 100.00 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 881,189 | 95.08 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 45,584 | 4.92 | ||||||
| Total votes | 926,773 | – | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,476,356 | 37.42 | ||||||
| Source: NEC | ||||||||
- Collaborating Political Parties is a coalition of three parties: the Alternative National Congress (ANC), the Liberty Party and the Unity Party. These parties contested separately at the last election, where they won a combined total of 25.95% of the popular vote.
- 8 held by the Unity Party, 2 by the Liberty Party, 1 by the Alternative National Congress.
- All held by the Unity Party.
Aftermath
Nathaniel Blama of the Liberian National Union (LINU) called for a rerun in the election held in Gbarpolu and Grand Kru counties because of tampering with ballots.[2]
The Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) called for a rerun of the election in the Nimba County based on allegations of fraud.[3]
References
- Liberia senatorial polls to serve as gauge for Weah’s popularity
- Mehnpaine, Tina S. (21 December 2020). "Liberia: Former EPA Boss Decries Election Fraud in Gbarpolu, Grand Kru Counties". allAfrica.com. Daily Observer. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- Mehnpaine, Tina S. (29 December 2020). "Liberia: CPP Calls for Rerun of Nimba Disputed Election". allAfrica.com. Daily Observer. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
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