Gbarpolu-1

Gbarpolu-1
Constituency for the House of Representatives of Liberia
Electorate	16,869 (2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created	2011
Representative	Zinnah A. Norman [2]

Gbarpolu-1 is an electoral district for the elections to the House of Representatives of Liberia. The constituency covers Bopolu city, Bopolu District (except Gbelleta community) and two communities of Bokomu District (Nyeamah and Gbarngay). ^[3]

Elected representatives

Year	Representative elected	Party		Notes
2005	Gbondojever S. Quiah		NRP	[4]
2011	Alfred Koiwood		CDC	[5]
2017	Alfred Koiwood		CDC	[6]
2023	Zinnah A. Norman		CDC	[2]

Election results

2005 Gbarpolu County's 1st House District Election ^[4]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gbondojever S. Quiah	National Reformation Party	1,373	32.55
	Gertrude Tene Lamin	Unity Party	1,153	27.34
	J. Varney Okai	Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia	743	17.61
	Samuel V. G. Goba Jr.	Congress for Democratic Change	386	9.15
	David Nelson Morley	National Democratic Party of Liberia	364	8.63
	Joseph Momo Mathews Sr.	New Deal Movement	107	2.54
	Hiliary Alpha Womowood	Liberty Party	92	2.18
Total			4,218	100.00
Valid votes			4,218	96.28
Invalid/blank votes			163	3.72
Total votes			4,381	100.00

2011 Gbarpolu County's 1st House District Election ^[7]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alfred Koiwood	Congress for Democratic Change	2,274	28.06
	Armah Morphor Sarnor	Unity Party	1,671	20.62
	Isaac Massamai Varmah	Liberty Party	997	12.30
	Jestina V. Dukuly	National Democratic Coalition	981	12.11
	Miatta S. Tarnue	National Democratic Party of Liberia	814	10.04
	Ernest Zingbae Coleman	National Reformation Party	464	5.73
	James Gbarngo Dogba-Yassah	Liberia Transformation Party	373	4.60
	Eddington Ahmadou Varmah	Movement for Progressive Change	310	3.83
	Norris G. David Sr.	Liberia Empowerment Party	220	2.71
Total			8,104	100.00
Valid votes			8,104	92.78
Invalid/blank votes			631	7.22
Total votes			8,735	100.00

2017 Gbarpolu County's 1st House District Election ^[8]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alfred Koiwood (Incumbent)	Coalition for Democratic Change	4,073	39.01
	Olu Sonkoe Nangbah	Movement for Economic Empowerment	2,575	24.66
	Bornor M. Varmah	Unity Party	1,386	13.28
	Edrick Fargbanah Noah	Liberty Party	841	8.06
	Darkollie Sylvester Jallah	Coalition for Liberia's Progress	544	5.21
	David K. Zinnah	Liberia Transformation Party	278	2.66
	Miatta S. Tarnue	Alternative National Congress	255	2.44
	Ernest Z. Coleman	Grassroot Democratic Party of Liberia	252	2.41
	Elizabeth K. Kei	Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction	186	1.78
	Frances K. Smith	United People's Party	50	0.48
Total			10,440	100.00
Valid votes			10,440	95.06
Invalid/blank votes			543	4.94
Total votes			10,983	100.00

References

1. "VOTER REGISTRATION CENTERS / VOTING PRECINCTS" (PDF). National Elections Commission. March 6, 2023. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
2. "2023 House of REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION RESULTS". National Elections Commission. 2023. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
3. National Elections Commission. Gbarpolu 2011
4. "2005 Election Results". National Elections Commission. 2005. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
5. National Democratic Institute. Know Your Representative
6. "2017 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION RESULTS". National Elections Commission. 2017. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
7. "National Tally Center Tally Report for the Presidential and Legislative Elections on 11 October 2011" (PDF). National Elections Commission. September 25, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
8. "National Tally Center Final Results Report for the Presidential and Representative Elections on 10 October 2017" (PDF). National Elections Commission. October 19, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2025.