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1955 Liberian general election

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Field	Value
country	Liberia
previous_election	1951 Liberian general election
previous_year	1951
next_election	1959 Liberian general election
next_year	1959
election_date	3 May 1955
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
image1	William Tubman 1943.jpg
nominee1	William Tubman
party1	True Whig Party
popular_vote1	244,873
percentage1	99.51%
image2
nominee2	Edwin Barclay
party2	ITWP
color2	ADD8E6
popular_vote2	1,182
percentage2	0.48%
title	President
before_election	William Tubman
before_party	True Whig Party
after_election	William Tubman
after_party	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.

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.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p517 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
Nelson, Harold. (September 1984). "Area Handbook Series. Liberia: A Country Study". American University.
[[Dolf Sternberger]], [[Bernhard Vogel (politician). Bernhard Vogel]], [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Klaus Landfried (1978) ''Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband'', p1118

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