Country: | Liberia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Election Date: | 8 December 2020 |
Previous Election: | 2014 Liberian Senate election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | Next Liberian Senate election |
Next Year: | Next |
Seats For Election: | 15 of the 30 seats in the Senate |
Majority Seats: | 15 |
Image1: | Joseph Boakai (cropped).png |
Leader1: | Joseph Boakai |
Party1: | CPP |
Colour1: | 20704B |
Seats Before1: | 11 |
Seats1: | 6 |
Seats After1: | 13 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 354,898 |
Percentage1: | 40.27% |
Swing1: | 14.32pp |
Leader2: | George Weah |
Party2: | Congress for Democratic Change |
Seats Before2: | 4 |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seats After2: | 5 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 246,908 |
Percentage2: | 28.02% |
Swing2: | 1.76pp |
Leader3: | Emmanuel Nuquay |
Party3: | PUP |
Seats Before3: | 1 |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seats After3: | 2 |
Seat Change3: | 2 |
Popular Vote3: | 56,398 |
Percentage3: | 6.40% |
Swing3: | 1.64pp |
Party4: | MDR |
Seats Before4: | — |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seats After4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | New |
Popular Vote4: | 37,899 |
Percentage4: | 4.30% |
Swing4: | New |
Party5: | NDC |
Seats Before5: | 2 |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seats After5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 659 |
Percentage5: | 0.07% |
Swing5: | 1.18pp |
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.
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]
The following are the results for the 2020 Senate elections from the National Elections Commission.[4]