1955 Liberian general election

General elections were held in Liberia in May 1955. For the first time since 1931 there was more than one candidate in the presidential election. However, William Tubman of the True Whig Party was easily re-elected, winning over 99.5% of the vote.[1]

1955 Liberian general election

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Presidential election
 
Edwin Barclay portrait.jpg
Nominee William Tubman Edwin Barclay
Party TWP ITWP
Popular vote 244,873 1,182
Percentage 99.51% 0.48%

President before election

William Tubman
TWP

Elected President

William Tubman
TWP

Results

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PartyPresidential candidateVotes%Seats
HouseSenate
True Whig PartyWilliam Tubman244,87399.512910
Independent True Whig PartyEdwin Barclay1,1820.4800
Independent Presidential PartyWilliam O. Davies-Bright160.0100
Total246,071100.002910
Source: Sternberger et al.,[2] Nohlen et al.

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p517 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p1118