Elections in Sierra Leone

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Elections in Sierra Leone gives information on elections and election results in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone elects on national level a president and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The House of Representatives has 124 members, 112 members elected through plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms and 12 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 5-year terms.

Sierra Leone has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties.

Latest elections

2007 Presidential election

 Summary of the 11 August 2007 and 8 September President of Sierra Leone election results

Candidate	Party	1st round		2nd round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Ernest Bai Koroma	All People's Congress (APC)	815,523	44.34%	950,407	54.62%
Solomon Berewa	Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP)	704,012	38.28%	789,651	45.38%
Charles Margai	People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC)	255,499	13.89%
Andrew Turay	Convention People's Party (CPP)	28,610	1.56%
Amadu Jalloh	National Democratic Alliance (NDA)	17,748	0.96%
Kandeh Baba Conteh	Peace and Liberation Party (PLP)	10,556	0.57%
Abdul Kady Karim	United National People's Party (UNPP)	7,260	0.39%
Total: (turnout 75.8%)		1,839,208	100.00%	1,740,058	100.00%
Source: National Electoral Commission (first round), National Electoral Commission (second round)

2007 Parliamentary election

 Summary of the 11 August 2007 Parliament of Sierra Leone election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
All People's Congress	728,898	40.73%	59
Sierra Leone People's Party	707,608	39.54%	43
People's Movement for Democratic Change	275,435	15.39%	10
National Democratic Alliance	31,388	1.75%	0
Convention People's Party	15,303	0.86%	0
United National People's Party	14,078	0.79%	0
Independents	10,127	0.57%	0
Peace and Liberation Party	6,752	0.38%	0
Traditional chiefs	—		12
Total	1,789,589	100.00%	124
Invalid (8.94% of all votes)	175,606
Total including invalid votes	1,965,195
Source: National Electoral Commission (seats and votes per constituency) The traditional chiefs elected twelve MPs independently from the parliamentary election; they are considered to be allied to the SLPP. (AFP)

See also

• 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