Recent elections

*Presidential (Second round) - September 8, 2007

   Ernest Bai Koroma has won the presidential election  

                               and led the All People's Congress to power in Sierra Leone.

    *Presidential (first round) - August 11, 2007

    *Parliamentary- August 11, 2007

The opposition won the parliamentary elections.

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.

Electoral Systems Snapshot

(Courtesy of International IDEA)

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Political Overview

(courtesy of Wikipedea)

Politics of Sierra Leone takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Sierra Leone is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the House of Representatives. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Civil rights and freedom of religion are respected. A critical press continues to operate, although the government has intervened for alleged inaccurate reporting, using the 1965 Public Order Act which criminalizes libel.

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