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2020 Liberian Senate election

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15 of the 30 seats in the Senate 15 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   PUP Leader Joseph Boakai George Weah Emmanuel Nuquay Party CPP CDC PUP Seats before 11 4 1 Seats won 6 3 2 Seats after 13 5 2 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 354,898 246,908 56,398 Percentage 40.27% 28.02% 6.40% Swing 14.32pp 1.76pp 1.64pp   Fourth party Fifth party   MDR NDC Party MDR NDC Seats before — 2 Seats won 1 1 Seats after 1 1 Seat change New 1 Popular vote 37,899 659 Percentage 4.30% 0.07% Swing New 1.18pp

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Senate elections were held in Liberia on 8 December 2020, with half the seats in the Senate up for election. the elections were held concurrently with a constitutional referendum.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Total before	Up	Won	Total after	+/–
	Collaborating Political Parties	354,898	40.27	11	4	6	13	+2
	Congress for Democratic Change	246,908	28.02	4	2	3	5	+1
	People's Unification Party	56,398	6.40	1	0	1	2	+1
	Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction	37,899	4.30	0	0	1	1	New
	All Liberia Coalition Party	9,629	1.09	0	0	0	0	New
	Rainbow Alliance	9,577	1.09	0	0	0	0	New
	Liberia Restoration Party	7,253	0.82	0	0	0	0	New
	Liberia National Union	6,789	0.77	0	0	0	0	0
	Movement for Progressive Change	6,538	0.74	0	0	0	0	0
	United People's Party	5,848	0.66	0	0	0	0	0
	Liberia Transformation Party	1,411	0.16	0	0	0	0	0
	National Democratic Coalition	659	0.07	2	1	0	1	–1
	Movement for One Liberia	131	0.01	0	0	0	0	New
	National Patriotic Party			5	4	0	1	–4
	National Union for Democratic Progress			1	1	0	0	–1
	Alliance for Peace and Democracy			1	1	0	0	–1
	Liberia Destiny Party			1	1	0	0	–1
	Independents	137,251	15.58	4	1	4	7	+3
Total		881,189	100.00	30	15	15	30	0
Valid votes		881,189	95.08
Invalid/blank votes		45,584	4.92
Total votes		926,773	–
Registered voters/turnout		2,476,356	37.42
Source: NEC

1. Collaborating Political Parties is a coalition of three parties: the Alternative National Congress (ANC), the Liberty Party and the Unity Party. These parties contested separately at the last election, where they won a combined total of 25.95% of the popular vote.
2. 8 held by the Unity Party, 2 by the Liberty Party, 1 by the Alternative National Congress.
3. All held by the Unity Party.
4. 4 won by the Unity Party, 2 by the Liberty Party, 1 by the Alternative National Congress and 1 by the All Liberian Party.

Aftermath

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.

The Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) called for a rerun of the election in the Nimba County based on allegations of fraud.

Results by county

The following are the results for the 2020 Senate elections from the National Elections Commission.

References

1. Liberia senatorial polls to serve as gauge for Weah’s popularity
2. Mehnpaine, Tina S. (21 December 2020). "Liberia: Former EPA Boss Decries Election Fraud in Gbarpolu, Grand Kru Counties". allAfrica.com. Daily Observer. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
3. Mehnpaine, Tina S. (29 December 2020). "Liberia: CPP Calls for Rerun of Nimba Disputed Election". allAfrica.com. Daily Observer. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
4. "2020 SENATORIAL ELECTION RESULTS". National Elections Commission. 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

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