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]
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Results edit
| Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| House | Senate | ||||||||
| True Whig Party | William Tubman | 244,873 | 99.51 | 29 | 10 | ||||
| Independent True Whig Party | Edwin Barclay | 1,182 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Independent Presidential Party | William O. Davies-Bright | 16 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 246,071 | 100.00 | 29 | 10 | |||||
| Source: Sternberger et al.,[2] Nohlen et al. | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (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