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Election commissioner of Liberia after announcing 392 of 5,890 stations opposition figure and former vice president Joseph Boakai leads with 57,862 votes against president George Weah who is closely behind with 49,510 votes.
Election commissioner of Liberia after announcing 392 of 5,890 stations opposition figure and former vice president Joseph Boakai leads with 57,862 votes against president George Weah who is closely behind with 49,510 votes. Former solicitor General Tiawan Gongloe is in a distant third with 4,483 votes from those counted thus far. The lack of a strong third candidate makes Joseph Boakai’s early lead decisive, say analysts but counting is in the early stages.
More than 95% of the country voted on 10 October, voting was delayed and rescheduled in some areas in the southeast due to flooding that prevented ballots from reaching certain precincts.
A candidate must attain 50% of the vote cast plus 1 to win the presidency. If no candidate attains the required percentage, the top two candidates with the highest number of votes will then proceed to a second round which is decided by a simple majority. A simple majority also decides the Senate and House of Representatives.
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With the trend of the election results thus far, there might be no second round of elections this time around. This is because the results thus far show no that there is no third candidate taking a sizeable number of votes.
