Elections in Sierra Leone 2007

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The elections in Sierra Leone in 2007 took place in July 2007 in Sierra Leone instead.

At the national level, Parliament and the President are elected directly by the people in Sierra Leone every five years . In parliament, 112 of the 124 seats are elected, 12 seats go to regional leaders, the so-called Paramount Chiefs . Sierra Leone has a multi-party system after the All People's Congress was the only party allowed between 1978 and 1992 .

General election

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A total of 112 seats
  • APC : 59
  • SLPP : 43
  • PMDC : 10
  • Otherwise: 0
Political party Result Seats Change of seat
APC 40.73% 59   32
SLPP 39.54% 43   40
PMDC 15.39% 10 New

Convention People's Party , National Democratic Alliance , Peace and Liberation Party, and United National People's Party each got below 2% and won no seats.

Turnout: 75.0%

Presidential election

choice

Election winner of the presidential election, Ernest Koroma
candidate Political party Result
Ernest Koroma APC 44.3%
Solomon Berewa SLPP 38.3%
Charles Margai PMDC 13.9%
Andrew Turay CPP 1.6%
Amadu Jalloh NDA 1.0%
Kandeh Baba Conteh PLP 0.6%
Abdul Kady Karim UNPP 0.4%

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

Official final result of September 17, 2007

candidate Political party Result
Ernest Koroma APC 54.62%
Solomon Berewa SLPP 45.38%

Turnout: 68.0%

See also

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