BY-ELECTION ARCHIVE
Four legislative contests in two phases
Liberia held four legislative by-elections in 2018 to fill vacancies in the Senate and House of Representatives. Senate contests in Bong and Montserrado counties were held on 31 July, followed by a House race in Montserrado County District 13 and a Senate race in Sinoe County on 20 November.
31 July: Bong and Montserrado Senate
Bong County: Independent candidate Henrique Flomo Tokpa won with 27,806 votes (47.0%). Josiah Marvin Cole of the Coalition for Democratic Change placed second with 20,982 votes (35.4%). Results were reported from all 502 polling places.
Montserrado County: Saah Hardy Joseph of the Coalition for Democratic Change won with 67,793 votes (54.8%), filling the Senate seat vacated after George Weah became President of Liberia. The National Elections Commission certified Tokpa and Joseph on 13 August 2018.
20 November: Montserrado District 13 and Sinoe Senate
Montserrado County District 13: Independent candidate Edward Papay Flomo Jr. won the House seat with 5,310 votes (34.4%). John J. Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change received 4,878 votes (31.6%). All 89 polling places reported. The vacancy arose when Representative Saah Joseph moved to the Senate.
Sinoe County: Augustine S. Chea of the Coalition for Democratic Change won the Senate contest with 5,839 votes from 16,598 votes cast. The vacancy followed Senator Joseph N. Nagbe’s appointment to the Supreme Court.
Verification, correction and certification
The NEC corrected a recording error at Jarpuken Public School precinct 39054, polling place 1, after a recount confirmed that the number of ballot papers did not exceed the 377 registered voters. Chea was declared the winner on 26 November 2018. Following the resolution of a complaint, the NEC held his certification ceremony in January 2019. Edward Flomo was certified in December 2018.
Archive status
This record preserves the election dates, vacancies, winners and reported vote totals. It should be read with the linked NEC statements; additional candidate-level tables may be added as official historical files are digitized.