IPNews-Monrovia-Liberia-25 November 2018:The National Elections Commission (NEC) has declared independent candidate Edward Papay Flomo AKA “Color Green”, winner of the Montserrado County District 13 Representative by-election conducted on Tuesday, November 20.
Prior to the victory of Edward Papay Flomo, the district was regarded as a stronghold of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) which fielded John Weah Jr. As its candidate in the by-election.
Announcing the results on yesterday, at a press conference, the chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC), Cllr. Jerome George Kokorya stated that candidate Edward Flomo obtained a total votes of 5310 which amounted to 34.4 percent.
The victory of “Color Green”, now leads him to replace former Representative Saah Joseph who was elected Senator during the senatorial by-election in Montserrado County.
“By the power vested in me, and acting on behalf of the Board of Commissioners of the National Elections Commission, and based on the results just announced, I hereby declare Mr. Edward Papay Flomo, Jr. as the winner of Montserrado Dist. #13 Representative By-Election,” Cllr. Kokorya said.
Kokoya reported that all of the 89 polling places in Montserrado Dist. #13 have reported and the all the results were tallied according to the Commission’s procedures.
He said 15,451 of the registered voters voted and of that number, 183 votes were invalid.
Kokoya said CDC’s John J. Weah obtained 4878 or 31.6 percent of the total votes cast and as such he came close yet too far from Edward Flomo who has now become the official face of the people of District #13 at the House of Representatives.
Eleven other candidates, including Cornelia Kruah-Togba, daughter of Post and Telecommunications Minister (Cooper Kruah) who contested on the ticket of the forming ruling Unity Party (UP) and Journalist Oniel Robert of Truth FM contested the vacant seat.
In the Sinoe County Senatorial by-election Kokoya announced that 79 of the 136 polling places constituting 58.09 percent have reported and those results have already been tallied.
“In Sinoe 11,428 voters turned out and voted. There were 136 polling places but 79 of those polling places have reported and tallied,” he said.
Of the results announced from the 79 polling places, Augustine Chea of the CDC obtained 4,106 votes or 36.8 percent while Romeo Thomas Quiah of United People’s Party (UPP) obtained 3,568 votes or 32.0 percent.
Others are Morlu Clark Jabba of VOLT obtained 497 votes or 4.5 percent and Othello Doe Nagbe CLP obtained 2980 votes, 26.7 percent.
Kokoya said 11,151 votes were registered as valid votes while 277 are invalid votes, thereby bringing the total number of votes to 11,420.
