By Naneka A. Hoffman
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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The National Elections Commission (NEC) says final nationwide results for the presidential, senatorial and representative elections will be announced today, Tuesday, 24 October 2023.<\/p>\n During a regular press briefing Monday, 23 October 2023 in Monrovia, Davidetta Browne-Lansanah, also disclosed that election results from Nimba County Electoral District #4, Beo Lontuo will be announced.<\/p>\n Votes in the district were re-run after ballot boxes were stolen during the first round of the elections held on 10 October 2023.<\/p>\n Nationwide final results could not be announced due to the absence of results from Nimba County Electoral District #4.<\/p>\n She added that these announcements will be made at the Commission\u2019s press briefing at the NEC Headquarters on 9th & 10th Street at 4:30pm.<\/p>\n The NEC boss stated that tally has been completed following the re-run of elections in Nimba County District #4.<\/p>\n She continued that the collation of the results is ongoing at NEC Headquarters.<\/p>\n As final results are due today, there is looming uncertainty that any of Liberia\u2019s two political archrivals \u2013incumbent President George Manneh Weah and opposition Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai would win a first-round victory as they projected.<\/p>\n Both men are sharing close percentages from the total votes counted earlier, and a re-run ordered by the NEC last week in Nimba County does not show prospects of preventing a run-off.<\/p>\n On 18 October 2023, NEC Madam Browne-Lansanah said President Weah had obtained 803,674 votes or 43.84%, while Mr. Boakai obtained 796,313 votes or 43.44%.<\/p>\n A presidential candidate must obtain 50 percent plus one of the total valid votes to be declared a winner.<\/p>\n Should the NEC declare a run-off today, it would be the second time Mr. Weah and his ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) and Amb. Boakai of the former ruling Unity Party (UP) faceoff in a presidential run-off.<\/p>\n Both men battled in a 2017 run-off when Mr. Weah was an opposition. Boakai, whose party\u2019s loyalty was divided in factions between him and his former boss, then President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, lost the polls.<\/p>\n 20 presidential candidates contested in the October 2023 polls. The National Presidential tally report released last week placed Mr. Weah in a narrow lead with a margin of 7,361 votes.<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About Liberia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Naneka A. Hoffman Africa-Press – Liberia. The National Elections Commission (NEC) says final nationwide results for the presidential, senatorial and representative elections will be announced today, Tuesday, 24 October 2023. During a regular press briefing Monday, 23 October 2023 in Monrovia, Davidetta Browne-Lansanah, also disclosed that election results from Nimba County Electoral District #4, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":45969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-45970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-liberia","tag-liberia"],"yoast_head":"\n