Read Time: 2 minutes        Reuters Opposition leader Joseph Boakai President George Weah MONROVIA, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Liberia’s electoral commission on Tuesday scheduled a presidential election run-off for November after results showed that the…


        
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Liberia presidential election heads for November run-off vote


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Opposition leader Joseph Boakai President George Weah

MONROVIA, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Liberia’s electoral commission on Tuesday scheduled a presidential election run-off for November after results showed that the two frontrunners, President George Weah and opposition leader Joseph Boakai, had failed to secure enough votes.

Weah holds a slim lead at 43.83% of the vote, while Boakai has 43.44%, according to tallied results from 100% of polling places, the West African nation’s election commission said.

Commission chairperson Davidetta Browne Lansanah said the run-off vote would be held on Nov. 14. She said there was a record turnout of 78.86% of around 2.4 million registered voters.

Presidential elections in Liberia

The Oct. 10 election has been widely seen as a test of support for former soccer star Weah, 57, who was criticised in his first term by the opposition and Liberia’s international partners for not doing enough to tackle corruption.

On his campaign trail, he asked voters for more time to fulfil his promise to rebuild the nation’s broken economy, institutions and infrastructure, pledging to pave more roads if reelected.

Liberia is struggling to recover from two civil wars that killed more than 250,000 people between 1989 and 2003 and from a 2013-16 Ebola epidemic that killed thousands.

Boakai, 78, was Weah’s main challenger and campaigned on what he called the need to rescue Liberia from alleged mismanagement by Weah’s administration.

Reporting by Sofia Christensen; Writing by Anait Miridzhanian; Editing by Alison Williams, Nick Macfie and Barbara Lewis


17 thoughts on “Liberia presidential election heads for November run-off vote

  1. The fact that Liberia’s presidential election is heading for a run-off vote in November highlights the competitiveness of the race and the divided political landscape.

  2. This run-off will be crucial in determining the country’s future leadership, and it will be important for both candidates to focus on fair campaigning and national unity.

  3. Liberia Presidential Election Heads for November Run-Off Vote explores the intense political race as no candidate secures an outright victory in the first round.

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