Political Parties and Elections
The next parliamentary and presidential elections in Sierra Leone will take place on August 11, 2007 (4 years ago...).
For other political parties see List of political parties in Sierra Leone. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Sierra Leone.| 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) | |||||
| 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 |
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