1955 Liberian general election

none Liberia 1951 Liberian general election 1951 1959 Liberian general election 1959 3 May 1955 yes Presidential election presidential William Tubman 1943 (cropped).jpg William Tubman True Whig Party 244,873 99.51% Edwin Barclay portrait (cropped).jpg Edwin Barclay ITWP ADD8E6 1,182 0.48% President William Tubman True Whig Party William Tubman True Whig Party 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.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p517 0-19-829645-2 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.Nelson Harold https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA159331.pdf Area Handbook Series. Liberia: A Country Study September 1984 American University 54 Results y Presidential candidate House Senate True Whig Party William Tubman 244873 29 10 Independent True Whig Party Edwin Barclay 1182 0 0 #ADD8E6 Independent Presidential Party William O. Davies-Bright 16 0 0 29 10 Sternberger et al.,Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p1118 Nohlen et al. References Liberia General Category:Elections in Liberia Liberia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results