1955 Liberian general election
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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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3 May 1955
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After the election, Edwin Barclay claimed ballot stuffing due to the purported number of votes cast being higher than the number of registered voters. His party, the Independent True Whig Party (ITWP), was subsequently banned following an assassination attempt against Tubman.[2]
Results
| Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| 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.,[3] Nohlen et al. | |||||||||