Nimba-6 | |
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Constituency for the House of Representatives of Liberia | |
Electorate | 29,994 (2023) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Representative | Dorwohn Twain Gleekia [2] |
Nimba-6 is an electoral district for the elections to the House of Representatives of Liberia. It is located in an eastern portion of Nimba County, bordering Grand Gedeh County and the Ivory Coast. [3]
Year | Representative elected | Party | Notes | |
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2005 | David Saye Maneh | UP | Died in office. [4] [5] | |
2007 | Evans Vaye Koah | UP | [6] | |
2011 | Ricks Y. Toweh | NUDP | [7] | |
2017 | Dorwohn Twain Gleekia | PUP | [8] | |
2023 | Dorwohn Twain Gleekia | MDR | [2] |
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