Democracy in Sierra Leone

Democracy Ratings

Freedom House 2018	Score: 3 out of 7 ^{(where lower scores are more democratic)}	Freedom Status: Partly Free
EIU Democracy Index 2017	Score: 4.66 out of 10 ^{(where higher scores are more democratic)}	World Ranking: =105
Polity IV 2016	Score: 7 (from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic)	Category: Democracy

Freedom House 2018

Score:

3 out of 7

^{(where lower scores are more democratic)}

Freedom Status:

Partly Free

EIU Democracy Index 2017

Score:

4.66 out of 10

^{(where higher scores are more democratic)}

World Ranking:

=105

Polity IV 2016

Score:

(from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic)

Category:

Democracy

System of Government	Presidential
Presidential Electoral System	First past the post (Providing winner takes 55% or over)
Last Presidential Election	2018
Next Presidential Election	2023
Presidential Term Limits	Two, five-year terms
System of Appointment to Legislature	112 in single-member constituencies through first past the post system 12 appointed paramount chiefs from each of the districts
Last Legislative Election	2018
Next Legislative Election	2023
Number of Seats in Legislature	124
Female quota, representation in lower house	No

Last presidential election (2018)
Candidate (Party)	Votes (%)
	1^st round	2^nd round
Julius Maada Bio	43.30	51.8
Samura Kamara	42.70	48.2
Kandeh Yumkella	6.9
Samuel Sam-Sumana	3.5
Mohamed Kamaraimba Mansaray	1.1
Gbandi Jemba Ngobeh	1
Musa Tarawally	0.5
Charles Francis Margai	0.4
Mohamed Charnoh Bah	0.3
Mohamed Sowa-Turay	0.2
Patrick John O’Dwyer	0.2
Kandeh Baba Conteh	0.2
Femi Claudius Cole	0.2
Saa Henry Kabuta	0.1
Beresford Victor Williams	0.1
Jonathan Patrick Sandy	0.1

Last legislative election (2018)
Party	Votes (%)	Seats
Sierra Leone People’s Party		49
All People’s Congress		68
Coalition for Change		8
Alliance Democratic Party
Citizens Democratic Party
National Democratic Alliance
National Grand Coalition		4
National Progressive Democrats
National Unity and Reconciliation Party
Peace and Liberation Party
People’s Democratic Party
People’s Movement for Democratic Change
Republic National Independence Party
Revolutionary United Front
United Democratic Movement
United National People’s Party
Unity Party
Independents		3
Elected Chiefs		14