 |
|---|
 Sierra Leone portal |
General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 17 March 1967.[1] They were won by the opposition All People's Congress,[2] marking the first time that a ruling party had lost an election in sub-Saharan Africa (excluding white-ruled South Africa and Southern Rhodesia).[3][4] However, the APC was overthrown in a military coup hours after taking power. The party was later restored to office after a counter-coup the following year and established a long-standing dictatorship.
- ^ Humphrey J. Fisher (1969) "Elections and Coups in Sierra Leone, 1967" The Journal of Modern African Studies Vol. 7, No. 4 pp. 611-636
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p799 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ End of the Exception Time, 31 March 1967
- ^ John L. Hirsch (2001) Sierra Leone: Diamonds and the Struggle for Democracy