1927 Liberian general election

1927 Liberian general election

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Registered<15,000
Turnout>1,590%
Presidential election
 
Nominee Charles D. B. King Thomas J. R. Faulkner
Party TWP People's Party
Popular vote 229,527 8,992
Percentage 96.23% 3.77%

President before election

Charles D. B. King
TWP

Elected President

Charles D. B. King
TWP

General elections were held in Liberia in 1927. In the presidential election the result was a victory for Charles D. B. King of the True Whig Party, who was re-elected for a third term after defeating Thomas J. R. Faulkner of the People's Party.[1][2]

The elections have been referred to as "the most rigged ever" by Frances Johnson-Morris, a modern head of the country's National Elections Commission,[3] and were listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most fraudulent election in history.[4][5] Despite there being fewer than 15,000 registered voters, according to the official results King received around 230,000 votes to Faulkner's 9,000,[6] theoretically resulting in a voter turnout in excess of 1,590%.

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  3. ^ "Elections Chief Hints Slashing Numbers of Mushrooming Parties for 2005 Polls". New Democrat. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.
  4. ^ "The 1927 Presidential Elections". Liberia Past and Present. Archived from the original on 2017-11-20.
  5. ^ "Academic Report on The Grass-roots of Conflict in Liberia". Senegambia News. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
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