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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 |
Political System
| 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 |
Results
| Last presidential election (2018) | ||
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (%) | |
| 1st round | 2nd 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 |