Elections in Sierra Leone 1996

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The 1996 elections in Sierra Leone took place on February 26 and 27, 1996 in Sierra Leone .

The winner of the presidential election was Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) with 59.5 percent of the vote in the second round of the election. In the parliamentary elections, the SLPP won 27 of the 68 seats.

General election

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27 17th 12 5 4th 3 12 
A total of 80 seats
  • SLPP : 27
  • UNPP : 17
  • PDP : 12
  • APC : 5th
  • NUP : 4
  • CDP : 3rd
  • Chiefs : 12
Political party Result Seats Change of seat *
SLPP 33.09% 27 New
UNPP 21.64% 17th New
PDP 15.32% 12 New
APC 5.68% 5   100
NUP 5.26% 4th New
CDP 4.77% 3 New
PPP 2.86% 0 0
NDA 2.69% 0 0
PNC 2.55% 0 0
NUM 1.19% 0 0
SDP 0.79% 0 0
NADP 0.62% 0 0
NPP 0.53% 0 0
Elected Chiefs - 12 0

* It was the first multi-party election since 1977. In 1982 and 1986 only the APC was allowed.

Presidential election

President-elect of Sierra Leone, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
candidate Political party Result
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah SLPP 35.80%
John Karefa-Smart UNPP 22.62%
Thaimu Bangura PDP 16.07%
John Karimu NUP 5.31%
Edward Turay APC 5.14%
Abu Aiah Koroma DCP 4.93%
Abass Bundu PPP 2.89%
Amadu Jalloh NDA 2.33%
Edward Kargbo PNC 2.12%
Desmond Luke NUM 1.06%
Andrew Lungay SDP 0.70%
Andrew Turay NPP 0.53%
Mohamed Sillah NADP 0.50%

Whoever receives at least 55% of the votes in the basic election is elected. Otherwise there will be a runoff between the two best candidates.

Runoff

The runoff election took place on March 15, 1996.

candidate Political party Result
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah SLPP 59.5%
John Karefa-Smart UNPP 40.5%

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ February 26-27, 1996 House of Representatives Election. African Elections Database. Retrieved June 6, 2014
  2. ^ A b February / March 1996 Presidential Election. African Elections Database. Retrieved June 6, 2014