George Weah into presidential runoff with Boakai
With the vote counts in from 95.6% of the polling stations, Weah has taken 39.0% of the votes and Boakai 29.1%.
Former international footballer George Weah and Liberia’s Vice President Joseph Boakai will face a runoff for the presidency on November 7,, Liberia’s national election commission announced Sunday.
With tallies in from 95.6% of polling stations, Weah took 39.0 % of the votes and Boakai 29.1%, both well short of the 50% barrier required to win outright from the first round of voting held on Tuesday.
Jerome Korkoya the National Elections Commission chairman has told journalists that 1,550,923 votes had been counted at a turnout of 74.52%.
Three other candidates took a significant share of votes with veteran opposition leader Charles Brumskine at 9.8%, former Coca-Cola Executive Alexander Cummings at 7.1% and former warlord turned preacher Prince Johnson at 7.0%.
These candidates will now decide which runoff contender they will direct their supporters to follow, holding significant sway over the final results.
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