Country: | Liberia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Election Date: | 20 December 2014 |
Previous Election: | 2011 Liberian general election#Senate |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Election: | 2020 Liberian Senate election |
Next Year: | 2020 |
Seats For Election: | 15 of the 30 seats in the Senate |
Majority Seats: | 15 |
Image1: | Joseph Boakai (cropped).png |
Leader1: | Joseph Boakai |
Party1: | Unity Party (Liberia) |
Seats Before1: | 10 |
Seats1: | 4 |
Seats After1: | 8 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 47,123 |
Percentage1: | 10.33% |
Swing1: | 2.52pp |
Leader2: | George Weah |
Party2: | Congress for Democratic Change |
Seats Before2: | 3 |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seats After2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 135,897 |
Percentage2: | 29.78% |
Swing2: | 9.58pp |
Leader3: | Charles Brumskine |
Party3: | Liberty |
Seats Before3: | 1 |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seats After3: | 2 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 52,351 |
Percentage3: | 11.47% |
Swing3: | 0.23pp |
Leader4: | Roland Massaquoi |
Party4: | National Patriotic Party |
Seats Before4: | 6 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seats After4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | 5 |
Popular Vote4: | 27,602 |
Percentage4: | 6.05% |
Swing4: | 0.18pp |
Leader5: | Emmanuel Nuquay |
Party5: | PUP |
Seats Before5: | — |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seats After5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | New |
Popular Vote5: | 22,528 |
Percentage5: | 4.94% |
Swing5: | New |
Party6: | ANC |
Seats Before6: | — |
Seats6: | 1 |
Seats After6: | 1 |
Seat Change6: | New |
Popular Vote6: | 18,917 |
Percentage6: | 4.15% |
Swing6: | New |
Party7: | NDC |
Seats Before7: | 1 |
Seats7: | 1 |
Seats After7: | 1 |
Popular Vote7: | 5,726 |
Percentage7: | 1.25% |
Swing7: | 2.24pp |
Senate elections were held in Liberia on 20 December 2014, with half the seats in the Senate up for election.
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]
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.
The following are the results for the 2014 Senate elections from the National Elections Commission.[6]