The elections were originally scheduled to be held on 14 October 2014, as defined by the constitution.

[1] However, they were postponed until 16 December due to the Ebola epidemic.

[2] In early December President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf banned political rallies, claiming that they could cause the Ebola virus to spread.

Fourteen parties nominated candidates, with 26 people standing as independents.

[4][5] Among the candidates were former footballer George Weah of the Congress for Democratic Change, who won the Montserrado County election and sat in the Senate until his election as president in 2017.