Liberian general election, 2005

Liberian presidential election, 2005

← 1997 11 October and 8 November 2005 2011 →
Nominee Ellen Johnson Sirleaf George Weah Party Unity CDC Running mate Joseph Boakai Rudolph Johnson Popular vote 478,526 327,046 Percentage 59.4% 40.6%
President before election Gyude Bryant LAP Elected President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Unity

Gyude Bryant
LAP

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Unity

The 2005 Liberian general election was held on 11 October 2005, with a runoff election for the presidency held on 8 November of that year. The presidency, as well as all seats in the House of Representatives and Senate were up for election. The election marked the end of the political transition following Liberia's second civil war and had been stipulated in the Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2003. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former World Bank employee and Liberian finance minister, won the presidential contest and became the first democratically elected female African head of state in January 2006.

The election was the first held since the 1997 general election and the election of Charles Taylor and the National Patriotic Party.

Frances Johnson-Morris, the chairwoman of the National Elections Commission (NEC), announced the October 11 date on February 7, 2005.

Elections were scheduled for all 64 seats in the House of Representatives, with each of Liberia's 15 counties having at least two seats and the remaining seats allotted proportionally based on voter registration. The Senate had 30 seats up for elections, with two from each county.

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