At Stake in this Election: 

• All 73 seats of the House of Representatives of Liberia 

Presidential and senatorial elections will occur concurrently. 

Government Structure:  

• Chief of State: President George Manneh WEAH (since 22 January 2018) 

• Head of Government: President George Manneh WEAH (since 22 January 2018) 

• Assembly: bicameral National Assembly with a 30-seat Senate and a 73-seat House of Representatives 

Electoral System:  

• The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds. The President may serve up to two 6-year terms. 

• In the Senate, all 30 members are directly elected from 2-seat constituencies by simple majority vote. Senate elections are staggered such that, for each constituency, one seat is contested, then then next is contested three years later, then there is a 6-year break, then the cycle repeats. All members serve 9-year terms. 

• In the House of Representatives, all members are directly elected by plurality vote in single-seat constituencies. Members serve 6-year terms. 

Last Election: 

In 2017, no single party won a majority in the House of Representatives. The Coalition for Democratic Change won 21 seats, followed by the Unity Party (19 seats), independent candidates (12 seats), and 10 other parties. Voter turnout was 69%. 

Key Deadlines: 

• Candidate filing deadline: 14 July 2023 

• Voter registration deadline: split into two phases depending on county of residence 

• 9 April 2023 for Montserrado, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Margibi, Bomi, and Gbarpolu counties 

• 11 May 2023 for all other counties 

Main Parties in this Election: 

• Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) 

• Coalition including Unity Party, Liberty Party, several smaller parties 

• Seats won in last election: N/A, established in 2020 

• Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) 

• Seats won in last election: 21 out of 73 

• People’s Unification Party 

• Seats won in last election: 5 out of 73 

• All Liberian Coalition Party 

• Seats won in last election: 3 out of 73 

• Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction 

• Seats won in last election: 2 out of 73 

• Movement for Economic Empowerment 

• Seats won in last election: 1 out of 73 

• Liberia Transformation Party 

• Seats won in last election: 1 out of 73 

• United People’s Party 

• Seats won in last election: 1 out of 73 

• Victory for Change Party 

• Seats won in last election: 1 out of 73 

• Liberian People’s Party 

• Seats won in last election: 1 out of 73 

• Liberia National Union 

• Seats won in last election: 1 out of 73 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 5,506,280 (2023 est.) 

• Registered Voters: 2,471,617 (2023) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 2,753,140 (2023 est.) 

• CEDAW Status: Ratified (by accession) 17 July 1984 

• Gender Quota:  Yes, for House elections, party lists must be composed of at least 30% of candidates of each gender. 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 8 out of 73 (11%) in the House of Representatives, 2 out of 30 (6.7%) in the Senate 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.481, Low, Rank 178 (2021) 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 38.3 (2023) 

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 30 March 2007, Ratified 26 July 2012 

• Projected population with a disability: 825,942 (2023 est.) 

IFES Resources: 

• Does IFES have a presence in Liberia: No 

• Election Access: Yes 

• Election Judgements: Yes, 5 judgments and 12 resources