2014 Liberian Senate election
20 December 2014
15 of the 30 seats in the Senate
15 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
LIB
Leader Joseph Boakai George Weah Charles Brumskine
Party UP CDC Liberty
Seats before 10 3 1
Seats won 4 3 2
Seats after 8 3 2
Seat change Decrease2 Steady Increase1
Popular vote 47,123 135,897 52,351
Percentage 10.33% 29.78% 11.47%
Swing Decrease2.52pp Increase9.58pp Increase0.23pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
NPP
PUP
Leader Roland Massaquoi Emmanuel Nuquay
Party NPP PUP ANC
Seats before 6 — —
Seats won 1 1 1
Seats after 1 1 1
Seat change Decrease5 New New
Popular vote 27,602 22,528 18,917
Percentage 6.05% 4.94% 4.15%
Swing Decrease0.18pp New New
  Seventh party
 
NDC
Party NDC
Seats before 1
Seats won 1
Seats after 1
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 5,726
Percentage 1.25%
Swing Decrease2.24pp

Senate elections were held in Liberia on 20 December 2014, with half the seats in the Senate up for election.

Background

The elections were originally scheduled to be held on 14 October 2014, as defined by the constitution.[1] However, they were postponed until 16 December due to the Ebola epidemic. Shortly before 16 December, they were postponed again until 20 December.[2]

Campaign

In early December President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf banned political rallies, claiming that they could cause the Ebola virus to spread.[3]

A total of 139 candidates ran for the 15 seats. Fourteen parties nominated candidates, with 26 people standing as independents.[4][5] Among the candidates were former footballer George Weah of the Congress for Democratic Change, who won the Montserrado County election and sat in the Senate until his election as president in 2017.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Congress for Democratic Change135,89729.782
Liberty Party52,35111.472
Unity Party47,12310.334
National Patriotic Party27,6026.051
People's Unification Party22,5284.941
Alternative National Congress18,9174.151
Alliance for Peace and Democracy18,4104.030
National Democratic Coalition5,7261.251
Union of Liberian Democrats4,0920.900
Liberia Transformation Party3,6800.810
Grassroot Democratic Party of Liberia3,1540.690
Movement for Progressive Change3,0380.670
Liberia National Union1,7790.390
Victory for Change Party1,2660.280
Independents110,70724.263
Total456,270100.0015
Valid votes456,27095.07
Invalid/blank votes23,6664.93
Total votes479,936100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,903,22925.22
Source: NEC, NEC

References

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