2023 Sierra Leonean general election

2023 Sierra Leonean general election

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Presidential election
 
Nominee Julius Maada Bio Samura Kamara
Party SLPP APC
Running mate Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh Chernor Maju Bah
Popular vote 1,566,932 1,148,262
Percentage 56.17% 41.16%
Parliamentary election

135 of the 149 seats in Parliament
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
SLPP Julius Maada Bio 56.68 81 +32
APC Ernest Bai Koroma 40.00 54 −14
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by district
President before President after
Julius Maada Bio
SLPP
Julius Maada Bio
SLPP

General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 24 June 2023 to elect the president and members of Parliament.[1][2] Incumbent president Julius Maada Bio was re-elected with 56% of the vote and the Sierra Leone People's Party won 81 seats in Parliament compared to the main opposition party, the All People's Congress, which won 54 seats. The result was contested by the All People's Congress, which demanded a rerun, citing "glaring irregularities".[3][4] European election observers stated that there were "statistical inconsistencies" in the presidential results published, with the European Union Election Observation Mission saying that the electoral commission should "publish disaggregated results data per polling station to allow for public scrutiny of the results." Unless that happened, it said that transparency was compromised.[5] The Carter Center echoed these sentiments, as did the United States, Britain, Ireland, Germany, France and the European Union.[5][6]

  1. ^ Thomas, Abdul Rashid (2 September 2021). "Sierra Leone's 2023 general and presidential elections will be fiercely fought by APC and SLPP". The Sierra Leone Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. ^ "ECSL Assures Sierra Leoneans of Credible Election in 2023". Africa Press. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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