Elections in Sierra Leone

Elections in Sierra Leone are held on a national level to elect the president and the unicameral Parliament. Sierra Leone has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties.

Both the president and the members of Parliament are elected for five-year terms. The Parliament has 124 members, 112 elected through plurality vote in single-member constituencies and 12 members elected by indirect vote.

An independent Electoral Commission, composed of a chairman and four commissioners, is selected by the president, subject to the approval of Parliament. The commission is responsible for voter registration and elections and referendums. and the registration of both voters and political parties. There must also be an independent Political Parties Registration Commission, made up of four members chosen by the president.

Voters must be 18 years old and of sound mind. Voting is by secret ballot.

The last election was held on the 7th of March, 2018.

Latest elections

Presidential elections

Main article: 2018 Sierra Leonean general election

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Julius Maada Bio	Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh	Sierra Leone People's Party	1,097,482	43.26	1,319,406	51.81
	Samura Kamara	Chernor Maju Bah	All People's Congress	1,082,748	42.68	1,227,171	48.19
	Kandeh Yumkella	Andrew Karmoh Keili	National Grand Coalition	174,014	6.86
	Samuel Sam-Sumana	David Bai Conteh	Coalition for Change	87,720	3.46
	Mohamed Kamaraimba Mansaray	Isata Abdulai Kamara	Alliance Democratic Party	26,704	1.05
	Gbandi Jemba Ngobeh	Ansumama Mambu Porga Fowai	Revolutionary United Front	12,827	0.51
	Musa Tarawally	Paul Alimamy Bangura	Citizens Democratic Party	11,493	0.45
	Charles Margai	Isata Dora Bangura	People's Movement for Democratic Change	9,864	0.39
	Mohamed Charnoh Bah	Victoria Hunter	National Democratic Alliance	8,344	0.33
	Mohamed Sowa-Turay	Alex Brihim Matthew Kai Kai	United Democratic Movement	5,695	0.22
	Patrick John O'Dwyer	Blanche Joko Samura	National Progressive Democrats	4,239	0.17
	Kandeh Baba Conteh	Abu Bakarr Salaiman Tarawally	Peace and Liberation Party	4,233	0.17
	Femi Claudius Cole	Mohamed S.V Jr Tarawalley	Unity Party	3,825	0.15
	Saa Henry Kabuta	Benedit Lansana Kargbo	United National People's Party	3,061	0.12
	Beresford Victor Williams	Septimus Mohamed Kemokai	Republic National Independent Party	2,555	0.10
	Jonathan Patrick Sandy	Safiatu Blango	National Unity and Reconciliation Party	2,318	0.09
Total				2,537,122	100.00	2,546,577	100.00
Valid votes				2,537,122	94.79	2,546,577	98.77
Invalid/blank votes				139,427	5.21	31,694	1.23
Total votes				2,676,549	100.00	2,578,271	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				3,178,663	84.20	3,178,663	81.11
Source: NECSL, NECSL

Parliamentary elections

Main article: 2018 Sierra Leonean general election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	All People's Congress	989,431	39.93	68	+1
	Sierra Leone People's Party	964,659	38.93	49	+7
	National Grand Coalition	215,315	8.69	4	New
	Coalition for Change	119,006	4.80	8	New
	Citizens Democratic Party	31,589	1.27	0	0
	Alliance Democratic Party	19,849	0.80	0	New
	People's Movement for Democratic Change	19,053	0.77	0	0
	National Progressive Democrats	5,173	0.21	0	New
	Unity Party	3,715	0.15	0	New
	National Democratic Alliance	3,534	0.14	0	0
	People's Democratic Party	2,428	0.10	0	0
	Peace and Liberation Party	2,278	0.09	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	1,645	0.07	0	0
	Republic National Independent Party	678	0.03	0	New
	United National People's Party	620	0.03	0	0
	Revolutionary United Front	438	0.02	0	0
	National Unity and Reconciliation Party	165	0.01	0	New
	Independents	98,439	3.97	3	0
Paramount chiefs				14	+2
Total		2,478,015	100.00	146	+14
Registered voters/turnout		3,178,663	–
Source: EEAS

See also

• Politics of Sierra Leone
• List of political parties in Sierra Leone

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• African Elections Database
• Sierra Leone 2007 Presidential Elections - Africa.no article
• THE PUBLIC ELECTIONS ACT, 2012