-As NEC announces provisional results
By Jerromie S. Walters
Following Tuesday, November 14, 2023, runoff election, the National Elections Commission (NEC), has commenced with the pronouncement of provisional results, with the opposition Unity Party Standard Bearer, Amb. Joseph Nyuma Boakai, in a slight lead with 50.7 percent, with 22% of the total results so far.
Amb. Boakai leads the incumbent President George Weah, who has so far obtained 48.29 percent of the votes tallied by the National Elections Commission (NEC).
The National Elections Commission (NEC), kickstarted the announcement of provisional Wednesday, November 15, 2023, and disclosed that it has received 22.33% (1,315 of 5,890 Polling Places) Total Votes (Valid + Invalid): 386,076 (15.62%).
With the Consolidated report, the Commission has announced results from 1315 of 5890 polling places.
Below are the results per county.
Grand Cape Mount
41 of 213
UP 6,447
CDC 4,948
RiverGee
29 of 98
CDC 5,772
UP 2,094
Montserrado
557 of 2008 polling places
UP 96,789
CDC 85,821
Grand Gedeh
65 of 163 polling places
CDC 15,681
UP 1,920
Bong
102 of 555 polling places
CDC 14,383
UP 12,204
RiverCess
41 of 105 polling places
CDC 6,349
UP 2,755
Sinoe 53 of 152 polling places
CDC 9,951
UP 1,942
Bomi
50 of 171 polling places
UP 8,071
CDC 4,759
Margibi
82 of 441 polling places
UP 13,600
CDC 10,099
Grand Bassa
14 of 405 polling places
CDC 1,172
UP 784
Nimba
127 of 736 polling places
UP 25,360
CDC 8,536
Gbarpolu
42 of 134 polling places
UP 5,610
CDC 4,507
Maryland
43 of 175 polling places
CDC 9,475
UP 2,630
Lofa
68 of 424 polling places
UP 12,835
CDC 6,162
However, it was disclosed by the NEC that Grand Kru results couldn’t be announced today, due to the late start of tallying in the county.
