A former soccer star has won the run-off presidential election in Liberia.<br />George Weah defeated his opponent, Vice President Joseph Boakai, by a tally of 62-percent to 38-percent.<br />The election has been declared as 98-percent of the votes are now in.<br />According to the National Elections Commission the specifc vote tally is 61.5-percent in favor of Weah, with 38.5-percent casting their ballots for Boakai.<br />The run-off marks the first election since President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took office in 2006, following a civil war.<br />It also marks the first democratic transition of authority since 1944. <br />
