Politics of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is a country located in West Africa, known officially as the Republic of Sierra Leone.

Government of Sierra Leone

The government of Sierra Leone is the governing authority of the Republic of Sierra Leone, as established by the Sierra Leone Constitution. The Sierra Leone government is divided into three branches: the executive, legislative and the judicial. The seat of government of Sierra Leone is in the capital Freetown.

The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Sierra Leone a "hybrid regime" in 2019.^[1]^{[needs update]}

Administrative divisions

Sierra Leone is divided into provinces, districts, and chiefdoms. Sierra Leone has 3 rural provinces, plus a capital city administrative province. There are then 14 districts - 12 rural, 2 for the capital Freetown.

Sierra Leone is further divided into 149 chiefdoms.^[2] The chiefdoms are hereditary, tribal units of local governance.^[2] The World Bank sponsored the creation of elected local councils in 2004.^[2]

Political parties and elections

Presidential elections


Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Running mate	Party	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



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

References

^ "Democracy Index 2022: Frontline democracy and the battle for Ukraine" (PDF). Economist Intelligence Unit. 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Tristan Reed and James A. Robinson, The Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone, Scholar, Harvard University, 15 July 2013, Document available online, accessed 30 April 2014

External links

Elections

[democracy-index-1] "Democracy Index 2022: Frontline democracy and the battle for Ukraine" (PDF). Economist Intelligence Unit. 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

[tristan-2] Tristan Reed and James A. Robinson, The Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone, Scholar, Harvard University, 15 July 2013, Document available online, accessed 30 April 2014

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