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Sierra Leone

Head of State
Head of State is the Head of Government
Directly elected in general elections (absolute majority with 2nd round if necessary)
Head of Government
Directly elected in general elections, absolute majority (with 2nd round if necessary)
Electoral System (Chamber 1)
List Proportional Representation
Voting age
18

Independent

Name of Institution: National Elections Commitee Website Address: N/A

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19 September 2007 Sierra Leone: Ruling Party Loses Vote, Opposition Leader Made President (Allafrica)
18 September 2007 Sierra Leone: Opposition Takes Power (Allafrica)
10 September 2007 Sierra Leone: Voters Await Results After Tense Election (Allafrica)
06 September 2007 A large ECOWAS election observer team arrives in Sierra Leone (APA)
06 September 2007 Sierra Leone presidential candidates to hold a joint rally in Freetown (APA)
04 September 2007 Sierra Leone politicians preach peace (Afrol News)
28 August 2007 Emergency threat in Sierra Leone (BBC)
27 August 2007 Christiana Thorpe Assures Sierra Leoneans"We will Do Everything To Ensure Run-Off Election Is Credible" (Standard Times)
27 August 2007 Sierra Leone: Opposition Wins Parliamentary Elections (Allafrica)
21 August 2007 "It was an executive decision"----PMDC Spokesman (Patriotic Vanguard)

Links
IFES Sierra Leone African Development Information Upcoming and past elections Election Results - Sierra Leone Sierra Leone's Electoral Management Body EU Election Observation Mission, Sierra Leone UNDP Sierra Leone

Reports
Sierra Leone: Final Report, General Elections, The Carter Center (2002) Election Reports

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Sierra Leone

Description of Electoral System:

(courtesy of IFES election guide)

The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term. In the Parliament, 112 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system and 12 seats are filled by paramount chiefs elected in separate elections; all serve 5-year terms.

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