By: Jerome Toe

The National Elections Commission (NEC) has announced in Monrovia that opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) candidate Madam Geraldine Doe-Sheriff in the Montserrado County By-Election has been declared winner.

NEC said Madam Sheriff has won the election with total votes of 58,384 representing 56.0% of the total vote while  ruling Unity Party candidate Clemenceau B. Urey  obtained  the total votes of 45,864 representing 44.00% of the votes cast.

Cllr. Fromoyan reported a total valid vote of 104,248 while the invalid votes accumulated to 1,562, from the total of 968 polling places for the senatorial By-election.

    The NEC Boss said  information gathered  from all 968 polling  places indicates that the   polling  was  to a large extend held without any  incident, counting proceeded according to schedule following the  closure .  Cllr. Fromoyan said the certified results will subsequently be announced by the NEC in keeping with its key electoral dates.

 The National  Election Commission  lauds all registered  voters of the county for  honoring their  civic responsibility and turnout to cast  their votes in the  Tuesday  by election run-off to fill  the vacant senatorial seat as a result of  the demise of  CDC  junior senator  Hannah Brent.

He appreciates the efforts of the Liberian National Police (LNP), UNMIL, UNPOL UNDP IFES and NDI for their tremendous supports to the electoral process in Montserrado County.