Grand Gedeh-1

Grand Gedeh-1
Constituency for the House of Representatives of Liberia
Electorate	20,407 (2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created	2011
Representative	Jeremiah Garwo Sokan Sr.

Grand Gedeh-1 is an electoral district for the elections to the House of Representatives of Liberia. The constituency covers Zwedru city. ^[2]

Elected representatives

Year	Representative elected	Party		Notes
2005	Rufus Wonblayon Gbieor		NDM	[3]
2011	Zoe E. Pennue		Ind.	[4]
2017	Zoe E. Pennue		Ind.	Resigned after elected to Senate. [5] [6] [7]
2021	Erol Madison Gwion		LRP	[8]
2023	Erol Madison Gwion		CDC	Died in office. [9] [10]
2024	Jeremiah Garwo Sokan Sr.		Ind.	[11]

Election results

2005 Grand Gedeh County's 1st House District Election ^[3]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rufus Wonblayon Gbieor	New Deal Movement	2,354	29.65
	Kai-Matthew Whyee	Congress for Democratic Change	2,106	26.53
	Jomael Nyonplu Glen	National Democratic Party of Liberia	1,726	21.74
	William Surveyea Karyee	Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia	1,312	16.53
	Brown Chayee Parjebo	Unity Party	441	5.55
Total			7,939	100.00
Valid votes			7,939	98.62
Invalid/blank votes			111	1.38
Total votes			8,050	100.00

2011 Grand Gedeh County's 1st House District Election ^[12]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Zoe E. Pennue	Independent	5,851	57.07
	Camille Vlendy Charafeddine	Congress for Democratic Change	3,057	29.82
	H. Nyounkpao D. Funnebo	Unity Party	873	8.52
	Erol Madison Gwion	Liberty Party	471	4.59
Total			10,252	100.00
Valid votes			10,252	94.63
Invalid/blank votes			582	5.37
Total votes			10,834	100.00

2017 Grand Gedeh County's 1st House District Election ^[13]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Zoe E. Pennue (Incumbent)	Independent	8,499	55.74
	Jeremiah Garwo Sokan Sr.	Independent	3,166	20.76
	Camille V. Charafeddine	Liberty Party	1,091	7.16
	Erol Madison Gwion	Coalition for Democratic Change	1,003	6.58
	Elijah P. Dorbor	Movement for Economic Empowerment	423	2.77
	Lawson V. Barh	All Liberian Party	298	1.95
	Christopher Beh Bailey	Unity Party	263	1.72
	Randolph Yonkpao Saydee	Liberia Transformation Party	167	1.10
	Cyrus S. Cooper II	United People's Party	153	1.00
	Sleekey Barbah Kaba	Alternative National Congress	117	0.77
	Justice R. Clarke	Vision for Liberia Transformation	68	0.45
Total			15,248	100.00
Valid votes			15,248	96.07
Invalid/blank votes			624	3.93
Total votes			15,872	100.00

2021 Grand Gedeh County's 1st House District By-election ^[8]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Erol Madison Gwion	Liberia Restoration Party	3,404	47.58
	Jeremiah Garwo Sokan Sr.	Coalition for Democratic Change	2,698	37.71
	Ansu Dukuly	Collaborating Political Parties	494	6.91
	Seward Sohn	Liberia National Union	199	2.78
	George Nyan Yah	Rainbow Alliance	181	2.53
	Fester Jarbah Saydee	People's Unification Party	178	2.49
Total			7,154	100.00
Valid votes			7,154	97.31
Invalid/blank votes			198	2.69
Total votes			7,352	100.00

2024 Grand Gedeh County's 1st House District By-election ^[11]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jeremiah Garwo Sokan Sr.	Independent	3,168	30.74
	Amelia Polodee Beh	People's Unification Party	1,371	13.30
	Ansu Dukuly	National Development Party	1,183	11.48
	Sampson B. Williams	African Liberation League	757	7.34
	Nathaniel Chen Gbaba	Reformers National Congress	617	5.99
	Elijah Poneyon Dorbor	All Liberians Solidarity Party	476	4.62
	Isaac Nyaneyon Kanneh	Liberia Restoration Party	452	4.39
	Moniayoung Jerry Gwion	Democratic National Allegiance	443	4.30
	Gabriel Papee Johnson	Liberian People's Party	433	4.20
	Cyrus S. Cooper II	Vision for Liberia Transformation	424	4.11
	Camille V. Charafeddine	Unity Party	389	3.77
	Justice Randall Clarke	New Liberia Party	219	2.12
	Jeziah M. Quiyea	Economic Freedom Fighters of Liberia	138	1.34
	Watchen Ophelia Boley	Liberia Transformation Party	137	1.33
	Roosevelt Johnson Jr.	Liberia National Union	100	0.97
Total			10,307	100.00
Valid votes			10,307	97.83
Invalid/blank votes			229	2.17
Total votes			10,536	100.00

References

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2. National Elections Commission. Grand Gedeh 2011
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7. Karmo, Henry (April 22, 2021). "Liberia: House of Representatives Informs National Elections Commission of Four Vacancies". FrontPage Africa . Retrieved September 8, 2024.
8. "2021 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY-ELECTIONS RESULTS". National Elections Commission. 2021. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
9. "Liberia: 55th Legislature Records 1st Death". Liberian Observer. December 5, 2023. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
10. "2023 House of REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION RESULTS". National Elections Commission. 2023. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
11. "2024 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY-ELECTIONS RESULTS". National Elections Commission. 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
12. "National Tally Center Tally Report for the Presidential and Legislative Elections on 11 October 2011" (PDF). National Elections Commission. September 25, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
13. "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 30, 2025.