As in the previous elections, no party won a majority in the 73-member House of Representatives (see note). The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), led by soccer legend and Senator George Weah (CDC), came first with 21 seats. The ruling Unity Party (UP) came second with 19 seats. Other parties took fewer than five seats each. During the election campaign, the major parties focused on job creation, anti-corruption measures and infrastructure projects.

No candidates won an outright majority in the first round of the presidential elections, held in parallel with the parliamentary polls. CDC leader Weah, with Ms. Jewel C. Howard-Taylor (wife of the former President Charles Taylor, serving a 50-year sentence for war crimes) as his running mate, came first. Run-off elections between Senator Weah (CDC) and Vice President Joseph Boakai (UP) were due to be held on 7 November. However, on 6 November, the Supreme Court postponed the run-off presidential elections at the request of the Liberty Party (LP) whose candidate, Mr. Charles Brumskine, finished third.

On 7 December, the Supreme Court ordered the election commission to proceed with organizing the run-off presidential elections, stating the irregularities occurred were not sufficient enough to annul the entire electoral process. The Court also ordered the election commission to clean the electoral roll before the run-offs. On 26 December, Mr. Weah won the run-off elections, to succeed President Johnson Sirleaf. His swearing in on 22 January 2018 marked the first democratic transfer of power in Liberia in over seven decades.

Note:
In October 2016, the House of Representatives passed the Equal Representation and Participation Bill, creating five seats for women, one for youth and one for people with disabilities. However, the Ministry of Justice had not incorporated the changes into a new consolidated election law before the 2017 elections took place.