Soccer star Weah leads most counties in Liberia presidential election vote

George Weah, former soccer player and presidential candidate of Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), votes at a polling station in Monrovia, Liberia, October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

MONROVIA (Reuters) - Former soccer star George Weah leads in partial presidential election results in 11 of Liberia's 15 counties, the electoral commission said on Thursday, after a vote meant to bring about the country's first democratic transfer of power in decades.

Early results from Tuesday's poll read to reporters by the commission's chairman left Weah's camp confident he would win the outright majority he needs to avoid a run-off, even though most counties had reported tallies from less than a third of polling stations.