Liberian general election, 2017

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The Liberian general election, 2017 was the national vote in which former football star George Weah was elected president, marking the first democratic transfer of power between two elected leaders in Liberia since 1944.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf general election ⓘ
national election ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Liberia ⓘ
country Liberia ⓘ
defeatedCandidate Joseph Boakai ⓘ
electedOffice President of Liberia ⓘ
electedOfficeholder George Weah ⓘ
elects House of Representatives of Liberia ⓘ
President of Liberia ⓘ
half of the Senate of Liberia ⓘ
firstRoundLeadingCandidate George Weah ⓘ
firstRoundSecondPlaceCandidate Joseph Boakai ⓘ
hasFirstRoundDate 2017-10-10 ⓘ
hasSecondRoundDate 2017-12-26 ⓘ
hasStartDate 2017-10-10 ⓘ
incumbentPresidentBeforeElection Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ⓘ
incumbentPresidentReelectionEligible no ⓘ
incumbentPresidentTermLimited yes ⓘ
mainWinner George Weah ⓘ
markedFirstDemocraticTransferSince 1944 ⓘ
nextElection Liberian general election, 2023 ⓘ
notablePresidentialCandidate Alexander B. Cummings NERFINISHED ⓘ
Benoni Urey ⓘ
Charles Brumskine ⓘ
Prince Johnson ⓘ
numberOfPresidentialCandidatesFirstRound 20 ⓘ
oversightBody National Elections Commission of Liberia ⓘ
partOf Liberian legislative elections ⓘ
Liberian presidential elections ⓘ
previousElection Liberian general election, 2011 ⓘ
reasonForRunoff no candidate won more than 50 percent in first round ⓘ
resultAcceptedByRunnerUp yes ⓘ
runnerUpPoliticalParty Unity Party (Liberia) ⓘ
secondRoundRunnerUp Joseph Boakai ⓘ
secondRoundVoteShareRunnerUp approximately 38.5 percent ⓘ
secondRoundVoteShareWinner approximately 61.5 percent ⓘ
secondRoundWinner George Weah ⓘ
significance first peaceful democratic transfer of power between elected presidents in Liberia since 1944 ⓘ
tookPlaceAfterCivilWar yes ⓘ
typeOfTransferOfPower democratic transfer between two elected leaders ⓘ
votingSystemHouseOfRepresentatives first-past-the-post ⓘ
votingSystemPresidential two-round system ⓘ
wasObservedBy African Union election observation mission ⓘ
Carter Center election observation mission ⓘ
linked to: Carter Center

ECOWAS election observation mission ⓘ
linked to: ECOWAS

European Union election observation mission ⓘ
wasRunoffRequired yes ⓘ
winnerPoliticalParty Coalition for Democratic Change ⓘ

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Liberian general election, 2011 → followedBy → Liberian general election, 2017 ⓘ
Liberian general election, 2017 → partOf → Liberian legislative elections ⓘ
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