<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> General elections were held in Liberia on 1 May 1951, the first to be held under universal suffrage, as previously only male descendants of Americo - Liberians had been allowed to vote . This was the first elections in Liberia where women and the local Liberians owning property were allowed to vote based on a Constitutional Referendum in 1945 - 46 . In the presidential election, William Tubman of the True Whig Party was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed . </P> <P> The previous elections used to be held in the month of May, ballots were counted during the Legislative meeting during November - December and the winning President and representatives take oath during the following January . The ballot papers used to be burnt during the interim . A new law was implemented which scrapped the practice and allowed to retain the papers until all the challenging parties of the results were satisfied . </P>

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