General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 11 August 2007. Seven candidates competed in the first round of the presidential election;[1] no candidate received the necessary 55% of the vote to win in the first round,[2] and a second round was held between the top two candidates, Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People's Congress (APC) and Solomon Berewa of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), on 8 September. According to official results, Koroma won the election with 54.6% of the vote.[3][4]
566 candidates stood in the parliamentary election, in which 112 seats, out of a total of 124, were at stake.[1] Voting for seats in parliament was done on a first-past-the-post constituency basis, rather than the system of proportional representation used previously.[5] 12 members of parliament were chosen by traditional chiefs, who have been considered to be allied with the SLPP, in a separate election.[6] The election was described as "free and fair" and "orderly" by international observers.[7][8]
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