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In the first preliminary results released by the NEC, Twayen was in the lead, with Kogar in second place. [14] On April 29, the NEC announced Twayen as the winner of the Senate race and independent Jeremiah Garwo Sokan Sr. as winner of the House race. [15]
Liberia has an established history of civil violence following contested elections, particularly the 1985 Liberian coup d'état attempt which was the root cause of the First Liberian Civil War. This election is also notable as it is the first election without United Nations observers since the Second Liberian Civil War . [ 11 ]
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Elections in Liberia occur solely at the national level. The head of state , the President of Liberia , is elected to a six-year term in a two-round system , in which a run-off between the two candidates with the highest number of votes is held should no single candidate earn a majority of the vote in the first round.
The CDC had conceded the race before the final results were announced. [8] Senator-elect Dillon was certified by the NEC on August 9. [26] The NEC did not release the full results for the House election on August 2. It only displayed the provisional results for 74 of the 94 polling places in the 15th district.
Charles Brumskine, in third place, challenged the result in the Supreme Court. [2] The Supreme Court dismissed the challenge, which would have forced a re-run of the first round had it been successful, [ 3 ] and the second round was held on 26 December.
The results of the legislative elections and first-round presidential election were released on 25 October 2011. In the legislative elections, the Unity Party maintained its plurality in both the House and the Senate, but as in the previous election, no party secured a majority in either chamber.
Senate elections were held in Liberia on 20 December 2014, ... The following are the results for the 2014 Senate elections from the National Elections Commission. [6]