{"iso":"LR","name":"Liberia","flag":"\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf7","vote":"House of Representatives \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2023-10-10","source":"2023 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the House of Representatives vote at the general election of 10 October 2023, official results as published by the National Elections Commission of Liberia. Smaller parties are not shown.","shares":{"IND":25.7,"CDC":22.1,"UP":13.1,"CPP":7.6,"PUP":4.3,"MDR":2.8},"polls":[],"parties":{"IND":{"name":"Independents","color":"#9a9a9a"},"CDC":{"name":"Coalition for Democratic Change","color":"#183883"},"UP":{"name":"Unity Party","color":"#026536"},"CPP":{"name":"Collaborating Political Parties","color":"#20704B"},"PUP":{"name":"People's Unification Party","color":"#EE7543"},"MDR":{"name":"Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction","color":"#003399"}},"primer":{"system":"Presidential republic","head_of_state":"President Joseph Boakai","legislature":"Legislature of Liberia, bicameral. The House of Representatives has 73 members serving six-year terms, alongside the Senate.","electoral_system":"House members are elected in single-member districts apportioned among the counties by population.","government_now":"Boakai of the Unity Party has governed since winning the November 2023 runoff against incumbent George Weah by just over one percentage point.","context":"The 2023 runoff was the closest in Liberia's history, and Weah conceded peacefully. Observers described the vote as well administered.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"IND":["Independents","","Candidates elected without a party label; collectively the second-largest bloc in the House, reflecting Liberia's personality-driven politics."],"CDC":["Coalition for Democratic Change","","Populist, centrist coalition of former president George Weah; lost the presidency in 2023 but remains the largest single party in the House, now in opposition."],"UP":["Unity Party","","Liberal, historically establishment party of President Joseph Boakai, who won the 2023 presidency; leads the governing side though only third in House seats."],"CPP":["Collaborating Political Parties","","Opposition alliance of several parties (ANC, Liberty Party and others); centrist; a small House bloc."],"PUP":["People's Unification Party","","Small centrist party holding a couple of House seats."],"MDR":["Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction","","Small party founded by the late Prince Johnson with a base in Nimba County."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"House of Representatives","as_of":"2023 election","total":73,"seats":{"CDC":25,"IND":19,"UP":11,"CPP":6,"MDR":4,"PUP":2}},"region_winners":{"Grand Cape Mount":"UP","Gbarpolu":"UP","Lofa":"UP","Nimba":"UP","Bong":"UP","Bomi":"UP","Montserrado":"UP","Margibi":"UP","Grand Gedeh":"CDC","River Gee":"CDC","Maryland":"CDC","Grand Bassa":"CDC","River Cess":"CDC","Sinoe":"CDC","Grand Kru":"CDC"},"region_meta":{"election":"2023 Liberian presidential election, second round (14 November 2023)","source":"National Elections Commission of Liberia, official presidential runoff results by county","note":"Each county shaded by the candidate who won it in the presidential runoff, which Joseph Boakai of the Unity Party won 50.6 percent to 49.4 percent over incumbent George Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change. Boakai carried the north and northwest and Montserrado, while Weah held his southeastern strongholds."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2029-10","title":"Liberian general election","chamber":"Presidency & House of Representatives","type":"expected"}}