The West Africa Election Observation Network (WAEON) has been following with keen interest, the developments in Liberia on the aftermath of the declaration of the results of the October 10, 2017 polls by the National Election Commission (NEC). The final declared results by NEC indicated that the two leading presidential candidates, George Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) and Joseph Boakai of the Unity Party (UP) polled 38.4 percent and 28.8 percent of the total valid votes cast respectively which implies that no candidate was able to attain the 50 percent plus one vote which is required for a winner to be declared. By default, a run-off for the presidential election was expected to be held on November 7, 2017 as declared by NEC. Please click on the attachment below for more details.
The West Africa Election Observers Network (WAEON) is collaborating with the Washington DC-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) to participate in the upcoming general elections in Liberia, scheduled for October 10, 2017. Through NDI, WAEON will contribute to NDI International Observation Mission for the elections.
