Legislature of Liberia

Legislature of Liberia
54th Liberian Legislature
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate House of Representatives
Leadership
President of the Senate	Jeremiah Koung since 22 January 2024
President Pro Tempore	Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence[1] since 15 January 2024
Speaker of the House	Jonathan F. Koffa[2] since 15 January 2024
Structure
Seats	103 30 Senators 73 Representatives
House of Representatives political groups	Unity (25)   CDC (10)   Liberty (7)   NUDP (6)   NDC (5)   APD (3)   NPP (3)   MPC (2)   LDP (1)   LTP (1)   NRP (1)   Independents (9)
Senate political groups	Unity (10)   NPP (6)   CDC (3)   NUDP (2)   APD (2)   Liberty (1)   NDC (1)   LDP (1)   NDPL (1)   Independents (3)
Elections
Last House of Representatives election	10 October 2017
Last Senate election	8 December 2020[3]
Next House of Representatives election	2023
Meeting place
Capitol Building, Monrovia
Website
legislature.gov.lr (archived)

Politics of Liberia
Constitution 1847 Constitution 1986 Constitution
Executive President Joseph Boakai Vice President Jeremiah Koung Cabinet
Legislature Senate President Pro Tempore House of Representatives Speaker
Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice: Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh Human rights
Elections Recent elections General: 2017 2023 Senate: 2014 2020
Political parties Unity Party Congress for Democratic Change Alternative National Congress Liberty Party
Administrative divisions Counties Districts Clans
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Sara Beysolow Diplomatic missions of / in Liberia Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
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The Legislature of Liberia is the bicameral legislature of the government of Liberia. It consists of a Senate – the upper house, and a House of Representatives – the lower house, modeled after the United States Congress. Sessions are held at the Capitol Building in Monrovia. Legislature of Liberia is considered one of the three branches of government based on the Article III of the Constitution of Liberia that stipulates all three branches ought to be equal and coordinated based on the Principle of checks and balances.

The House of Representatives contains 73 seats, with each county being apportioned a number of seats based on its population. The Senate has 30 members, with two senators, who won the first and second position, serving from each county elected based on popular vote. Both House and Senate seats are filled through direct election, with candidates who gain a plurality of the vote winning their contested seats. House members serve a term of six years and senators serve a term of nine years, with sitting members allowed to seek re-election.

The qualifications of the voters are the same for both the election of Senate and the House of Representatives. The qualifications for becoming a voter are the person should possess Liberian citizenship, should be aged at least 18 years old at the end of the registration period, should be registered on a voting roll, should be residing in the country during voter registration and on polling day. The qualification for being a Representative of the House are Liberian citizen by origin and aged at least 25 years old, while it is 30 years for becoming a member of the Senate. The requirements for political parties to field its candidates are the member nominated should be a member of the party and individuals who have gained at least 2 per cent of the total votes cast in the constituency the candidate is fielded. The political party should field candidates in at least 50 per cent of total constituencies and should field at least 30 per cent females. If on any circumstance the seat becomes vacant, by-elections are held within 90 days of the vacancy for both the Senate and the House.