Sierra Leonean general election, 1996

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General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 26 and 27 February 1996 to elect a president and Parliament of Sierra Leone. A second round of voting in the presidential election was held on 15 March. It was the first election since multi-party politics had been reintroduced following a referendum on a new constitution in 1991, and the first multi-party election held in the country since 1977.

The parliamentary elections were won by the Sierra Leone People's Party, which returned to power after a 29-year absence. The All People's Congress, which had governed from 1968 to 1992 (from 1978 to 1991 as the sole legally permitted party) finished fourth. The presidential election was won by the SLPP's candidate, Ahmed Tejan Kabbah. However, he was deposed by a coup led by Johnny Paul Koroma on 25 May 1997. On 10 March 1998 Kabbah was returned to power by Nigerian-led ECOWAS forces.

Presidential elections

As no candidate won more than 55% of the vote in the first round, a second round of voting was held.

Results

Candidates	Parties	First round		Second round
Candidates	Parties	Votes	%	Votes	%
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah	Sierra Leone People's Party	266,893	35.80	608,419	59.50
John Karefa-Smart	United National People's Party	168,666	22.62	414,335	40.50
Thaimu Bangura	People's Democratic Party	119,782	16.07
John Karimu	National Unity Party	39,617	5.31
Edward Turay	All People's Congress	38,316	5.14
Abu Aiah Koroma	Democratic Centre Party	36,779	4.93
Abass Bundu	People's Progressive Party	21,557	2.89
Amadu Jalloh	National Democratic Alliance	17,335	2.33
Edward Kargbo	People's National Convention	15,798	2.12
Desmond Luke	National Unity Movement	7,918	1.06
Andrew Lungay	Social Democratic Party	5,202	0.70
Andrew Turay	National People's Party	3,925	0.53
Mohamed Sillah	National Alliance Democratic Party	3,723	0.50
Total		745,511	100	1,022,754	100

Parliamentary elections

The SLPP won the most seats in the elections, but fell well short of a majority, with only 27 of the 68 elected seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Sierra Leone People's Party	269,888	35.94	27
United National People's Party	165,219	22.00	17
People's Democratic Party	114,429	15.24	12
All People's Congress	42,467	5.66	5
National Unity Party	39,285	5.23	4
Democratic Centre Party	35,632	4.75	3
People's Progressive Party	21,361	2.84	0
National Democratic Alliance	20,125	2.68	0
People's National Convention	19,019	2.53	0
National Unity Movement	8,885	1.18	0
Social Democratic Party	5,900	0.79	0
National People's Party	3,992	0.53	0
Indirectly elected paramount chiefs	-	-	12
Invalid/blank votes	4,656	-	-
Total	750,858	100	80
Source: Elections Today

Elections and referendums in Sierra Leone

Presidential elections	1985 1996 2002 2007 2012

Parliamentary elections	1924 1929 1934 1939 1943 1951 1957 1962 1967 1973 1977 1982 1986 1996 2002 2007 2012

Referendums	1978 1991

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