2020 Liberian Senate election

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.

Results[edit]



Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Total before	Up	Won	Total after	+/–
	Collaborating Political Parties	354,898	40.27	11^[b]	4^[c]	6^[d]	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

^ 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.
^ 8 held by the Unity Party, 2 by the Liberty Party, 1 by the Alternative National Congress.
^ All held by the Unity Party.
^ 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[edit]

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]

Results by county[edit]

The following are the results for the 2020 Senate elections from the National Elections Commission.^[4]

2020 Bomi County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Edwin Snowe	16,476	53.97%
	CDC	Alex J. Tyler	8,834	28.94%
	CPP	Sando Dazoe Johnson	2,994	9.81%
	Independent	Soko Adama Dorley	1,328	4.35%
	RA	Zobong Boima Norman	894	2.93%
Total votes			30,526	100.0
Rejected ballots			1,525

2020 Bong County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPP	Prince K. Moye	39,337	51.28%
	CDC	Henry Willie Yallah	25,247	32.91%
	Independent	Mogana Szorkpor Flomo Jr.	4,125	5.38%
	Independent	Mohammed A. Nasser	2,904	3.79%
	Independent	Dorothy Kwennah Toomann	1,682	2.19%
	Independent	Adam Bill Corneh	1,468	1.91%
	Independent	Menipakei Dumoe	1,012	1.32%
	Independent	Benedict Kpakama Sagbeh	933	1.22%
Total votes			76,708	100.0
Rejected ballots			4,891

2020 Gbarpolu County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Botoe Kanneh	4,955	26.2%
	CDC	Alfred Gayflor Koiwood	4,498	23.78%
	UPP	Boimah Quaye Taweh III	2,666	14.1%
	PUP	Armah Zolu Jallah	1,967	10.4%
	LINU	Paul Koulboi Kennedy	1,626	8.6%
	LTP	John Kerkula Benda Sr.	1,411	7.46%
	CPP	Sam Kamara Zinnah	1,164	6.15%
	MPC	Allen M. Gbowee	395	2.09%
	NDC	Alaric K. Tokpa	231	1.22%
Total votes			18,913	100.0
Rejected ballots			1,518

2020 Grand Bassa County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPP	Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence	22,476	42.01%
	CDC	Gbehzohngar Milton Findley	20,346	38.03%
	Independent	Vincent S. T. Willie II	7,328	13.7%
	Independent	Magdalene Magdalene Harris	1,365	2.55%
	Independent	Anthony Neki Barchue	836	1.56%
	Independent	Dave Llewellyn Dixon	733	1.37%
	RA	Charles Paul Vah II	293	0.55%
	NDC	Emmanuel Bravy Daykeay	129	0.24%
Total votes			53,506	100.0
Rejected ballots			3,385

2020 Grand Cape Mount County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPP	Simeon Boima Taylor	10,562	34.98%
	CDC	Victor Varney Watson	8,936	29.6%
	Independent	Mambu M. Sonii	5,074	16.81%
	PUP	Emerson Vayomo Kamara	1,815	6.01%
	Independent	Fodee Kromah	1,612	5.34%
	UPP	Sando Wayne	1,471	4.87%
	LRP	Siafa Gargbeh Sheriff	322	1.07%
	RA	Jebeh Dakel Brown	174	0.58%
	LINU	Hawa Corneh Bropleh	120	0.4%
	MPC	Edwin G. K. Zoedua	107	0.35%
Total votes			30,193	100.0
Rejected ballots			1,745

2020 Grand Gedeh County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CDC	Zoe Emmanuel Pennue Sr.	8,228	40.44%
	LRP	Thomas Nimely	6,132	30.14%
	Independent	William G. Nyanue	2,207	10.85%
	UPP	George Saigbe Boley Sr.	1,230	6.05%
	RA	Amos Zleh	696	3.42%
	Independent	Beatrice Wonnah Johnson	535	2.63%
	PUP	Cyrus S. Cooper II	532	2.61%
	MPC	Joseph W. Geebro	519	2.55%
	CPP	Felicia Flahn Doboyonnoh Duncan	267	1.31%
Total votes			20,346	100.0
Rejected ballots			1,280

2020 Grand Kru County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Numene T. H. Bartekwa	3,679	22.83%
	LINU	Nathaniel N. Bahway Sr.	3,597	22.32%
	Independent	Alfred Toe Segbe	3,174	19.7%
	CDC	Peter Sonpon Coleman	3,061	19.0%
	CPP	Rosalind Segbe Tonne Sneh	1,026	6.37%
	RA	Nicholas N. Doryen Wleh	745	4.62%
	Independent	William Wiah Tuider	545	3.38%
	NDC	George Toe Sieh Washington Jr.	184	1.14%
	MPC	Lawrence Snor Clarke	101	0.63%
Total votes			16,112	100.0
Rejected ballots			1,561

2020 Lofa County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPP	Brownie Samukai	20,431	31.8%
	Independent	Joseph Kpator Jallah	13,968	21.74%
	ALCOP	Mariamu Beyan Fofana	9,629	14.99%
	CDC	George Tamba Tengbeh	7,679	11.95%
	Independent	Julie Fatorma Wiah	6,160	9.59%
	Independent	Dedeh Nohr Jones	1,810	2.82%
	Independent	Tamba Dabah Aghailas	1,272	1.98%
	LINU	Johnny K. M. Ndebe	1,196	1.86%
	RA	Abrahim M. Dukuly	940	1.46%
	LRP	Gordon Nyuma Moiwula	622	0.97%
	Independent	Mohamed O. Kamara	545	0.85%
Total votes			64,252	100.0
Rejected ballots			4,338

2020 Margibi County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PUP	Emmanuel J. Nuquay	34,918	59.65%
	CDC	Ivar Kokulo Jones	15,838	27.06%
	Independent	Oscar A. Cooper	3,350	5.72%
	Independent	Alexander Bango Collins	2,195	3.75%
	CPP	Ben A. Fofana	1,227	2.1%
	Independent	Gabriel Gahie Bedell Jr.	865	1.48%
	MPC	Princess S. Macaulay	147	0.25%
Total votes			58,540	100.0
Rejected ballots			3,096

2020 Maryland County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CDC	James Pobee Biney	9,630	39.4%
	Independent	H. Dan Morais	5,098	20.86%
	CPP	Eric Wlea Giko	3,622	14.82%
	RA	Wollor Emmanuel Topor	2,609	10.67%
	Independent	Isaac Blalu Roland	1,650	6.75%
	Independent	John Akel Ballout Jr.	1,173	4.8%
	Independent	Richard Emmanuel Wilbert Yancy	484	1.98%
	LRP	William Phillip Anderson Sr.	177	72
Total votes			24,443	100.0
Rejected ballots			2,109

2020 Montserrado County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPP	Abraham Darius Dillon	206,368	61.3%
	CDC	Thomas Pangar Fallah	120,405	35.76%
	Independent	Bernard Benson Jr.	4,187	1.24%
	Independent	Phil Tarpeh Dixon	2,755	0.82%
	Independent	Sheikh Al-Moustapha Kouyateh	919	0.27%
	Independent	Isaac Vah Tukpah	883	0.26%
	Independent	Evangeline Israel King	720	0.21%
	MPC	Siah Jarmie Tandanpolie	195	0.06%
	MOL	Jamima K. H. Wolokolie	131	0.04%
	NDC	Cecelia Siaway Teah	115	0.03%
Total votes			336,678	100.0
Rejected ballots			10,327

2020 Nimba County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MDR	Jeremiah K. Koung	37,899	36.12%
	CPP	Edith Lianue Gongloe-Weh	34,153	32.55%
	PUP	Garrison Doldeh Yealue Jr.	15,607	14.87%
	Independent	Taa Z. Wongbe	5,288	5.04%
	Independent	Saye-Taayor Adolphus Dolo	5,147	4.91%
	MPC	Thomas S. Grupee	4,973	4.74%
	RA	Dorr D. Cooper	1,857	1.77%
Total votes			104,924	100.0
Rejected ballots			6,592

2020 Rivercess County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Wellington Geevon Smith	3,302	23.34%
	Independent	Steve Tequah	3,248	22.96%
	CDC	Dallas A. V. Gueh	2,149	15.19%
	CPP	Gabriel Buchanan Smith	2,056	14.53%
	PUP	Bob Rancy Ziankahn	1,559	11.02%
	RA	Janjay M. Bloh	1,001	7.08%
	UPP	Winston Garpue Borbor	481	3.4%
	LINU	Prince B. Brown	250	1.77%
	MPC	Eddie Jarque Strother	101	0.71%
Total votes			14,147	100.0
Rejected ballots			1,014

2020 River Gee County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPP	Jonathan Sogbie	4,972	33.59%
	CDC	Charles Korkor Bardyl	4,598	31.06%
	Independent	Matthew N. Jaye	2,848	19.24%
	Independent	Francis Saywon Younge	2,385	16.11%
Total votes			14,803	100.0
Rejected ballots			901

2020 Sinoe County Senatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CDC	Augustine S. Chea	7,459	43.62%
	Independent	Thomas Romeo Quioh	5,028	29.41%
	CPP	Grace Scotland-Briamah	4,243	24.82%
	RA	Andy M. S. Cheeseman	368	2.15%
Total votes			17,098	100.0
Rejected ballots			1,302

References[edit]

^ Liberia senatorial polls to serve as gauge for Weah’s popularity
^ 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.
^ Mehnpaine, Tina S. (29 December 2020). "Liberia: CPP Calls for Rerun of Nimba Disputed Election". allAfrica.com. Daily Observer. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
^ "2020 SENATORIAL ELECTION RESULTS". National Elections Commission. 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

[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.

[3] 8 held by the Unity Party, 2 by the Liberty Party, 1 by the Alternative National Congress.

[4] All held by the Unity Party.

[5] 4 won by the Unity Party, 2 by the Liberty Party, 1 by the Alternative National Congress and 1 by the All Liberian Party.

[2] Liberia senatorial polls to serve as gauge for Weah’s popularity

[6] 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.

[7] Mehnpaine, Tina S. (29 December 2020). "Liberia: CPP Calls for Rerun of Nimba Disputed Election". allAfrica.com. Daily Observer. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

[8] "2020 SENATORIAL ELECTION RESULTS". National Elections Commission. 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

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