Grand Bassa-1 | |
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Constituency for the House of Representatives of Liberia | |
Electorate | 27,962 (2023) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Representative | Isaac G. Bannie [2] |
Grand Bassa-1 is an electoral district for the elections to the House of Representatives of Liberia.
Year | Representative elected | Party | Notes | |
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2005 | Samuel Dornaworlo Page, Sr. | LP | [3] | |
2011 | Hans Barchue | IND | [4] | |
2017 | Hans Barchue | IND | [5] | |
2023 | Isaac G. Bannie | MPC | [2] |
The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia, and together with the Senate comprises the Legislature of Liberia. The number of seats is fixed by law at 73, with each county being apportioned a number of seats based on its percentage of the national population. House members represent single-member districts within the counties drawn up by the National Elections Commission and serve six-year terms. The House meets at the Capitol Building in Monrovia.
The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia, and together with the House of Representatives comprises the Legislature of Liberia. Each of the fifteen counties are equally represented by two senators, elected to serve staggered nine-year terms. The Senate meets at the Capitol Building in Monrovia.
The People's Unification Party (PUP), also known as the Native People's Party, is a political party in Liberia.
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