adminincumbent, is likely to face a run-off vote with her nearest rival.
Official results put Sirleaf ahead with 44,5 percent to former diplomat Winston Tubman’s 26,5 percent – neither candidate reaching the 50 percent threshold for an outright win.
Ex-warlord Prince Johnson with 13,5 per cent, making him a potential kingmaker. This is Liberia’s second presidential poll since a civil war ended in 2003.
The first preliminary results were based on 195 178 valid votes so far counted, out of 1,8 million registered voters.
An unofficial tally by a media monitoring group of nearly 400 000 votes posted at polling stations suggests a similar outcome. – www.africareview.com.
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