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]

3 May 1955


Nominee	William Tubman	Edwin Barclay	William O. Davies-Bright
Party	TWP	ITWP	Independent
Popular vote	244,873	1,182	16
Percentage	99.51%	0.48%	0.01%

President before election

William Tubman
TWP

Elected President

William Tubman
TWP

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Results

Party	Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
Party	Presidential candidate	Votes	%	House	Senate
True Whig Party	William Tubman	244,873	99.5	29	10
Independent True Whig Party	Edwin Barclay	1,182	0.5	0	0
Independent Presidential Party	William O. Davies-Bright	16	0.0	0	0
Total		246,071	100	29	10
Source: Sternberger et al.,[2] Nohlen et al.

References

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

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