11 October 2005 (first round) 8 November 2005 (second round)
Nominee
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
George Weah
Party
UP
CDC
Running mate
Joseph Boakai
Rudolph Johnson
Popular vote
478,526
327,046
Percentage
59.40%
40.60%
First round results by county
Second round results by county
President before election
Gyude Bryant
LAP
Elected President
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
UP
General elections were held in Liberia on 11 October 2005, with a runoff election for the presidency held on 8 November. The presidency and all seats in the House of Representatives and Senate were up for election. The elections were the first held since 1997 and marked the end of the political transition following the second civil war, having been stipulated in the Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2004. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former World Bank employee and Liberian finance minister, won the presidential contest and became the first democratically elected female African head of state in January 2006.
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