1996 Sierra Leonean general election

none Sierra Leone 1985 Sierra Leonean presidential election 1985 2002 Sierra Leonean general election 2002 26 and 27 February 1996 (first round)15 March 1996 (second round) yes Presidential election presidential Ahmed Tejan Kabbah (cropped).jpg Ahmed Tejan Kabbah Sierra Leone People's Party 608,419 59.49% Noimage.png John Karefa-Smart UNPP 414,335 FFFF00 40.51% President Julius Maada Bio Military head of state Ahmed Tejan Kabbah Sierra Leone People's Party yes Parliamentary election 68 of 80 seats in Parliament Sierra Leone People's Party Ahmed Tejan Kabbah 36.17 27 new UNPP John Karefa-Smart 22.14 17 new PDP Thaimu Bangura 15.33 12 new All People's Congress Edward Turay 5.69 5 105 PDP John Karimu 5.26 4 new DCP Abu Aiah Koroma 4.78 3 new General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 26 and 27 February 1996 to elect the President and members of Parliament, with a second round of the presidential election on 15 March.1996 Election Watch https://muse.jhu.edu/article/697486 Journal of Democracy 7 3 1086-3214 They were the first elections since multi-party democracy had been reintroduced following a referendum on a new constitution in 1991, and the first multi-party elections held in the country since 1977. The presidential elections were won by Ahmed Tejan Kabbah of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), who defeated John Karefa-Smart of the United National People's Party in the second round by 60% to 40%. In the parliamentary elections, the SLPP became the largest party for the first time in 29 years, winning 27 of the 68 elected seats, whilst the UNPP finished second with 17 seats. The All People's Congress, which had governed from 1968 to 1992 (from 1978 to 1991 as the only legal party), ran in a contested election for the first time in two decades. It finished fourth in the parliamentary election, whilst its presidential candidate, Edward Turay, finished a distant fifth with only 5.1 percent of the vote. The elections were characterized by violence.1996 Election Watch https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/697485 Journal of Democracy 7 2 1086-3214 Electoral system The elections were a transitional event as the country moved to implement the 1991 constitution and move from military rule to civilian rule. The president was elected using the two-round system. The parliamentary elections were held using proportional representation with a single nationwide constituency with a 5% electoral threshold."NPRC Decree No 16, 1995 - The Electoral Provisions Decree, 1995 Being A Decree to Make A Provision for The Election of Members of Parliament and for Other Matters Connected Therewith," Sierra Leone National Provisional Ruling Council, 18th of December, 1995 Previously the country had used first-past-the-post voting for parliamentary elections. The use of proportional representation in 1996 and 2002 has been described as Sierra Leone's "brief experiment" with proportional representation.The Compelling Case for Proportional Representation (PR) Electoral System in Sierra Leone Critique Echo, 2022 Results President As no candidate won more than 55% of the vote in the first round, a second round of voting was held. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Sierra Leone People's Party 266893 608419 John Karefa-Smart United National People's Party 168666 414335 Thaimu Bangura People's Democratic Party 119782 John Karimu National Unity Party 39617 Edward Turay All People's Congress 38316 Abu Aiah Koroma Democratic Centre Party 36779 Abass Bundu People's Progressive Party 21557 Amadu Jalloh National Democratic Alliance 17335 Edward Kargbo People's National Convention 15798 Desmond Luke National Unity Movement 7918 Andrew Lungay Social Democratic Party 5202 Andrew Turay National People's Party 3925 Mohamed Sillah National Alliance Democratic Party 3723 African Elections Database Parliament The SLPP won the most seats in the elections, but fell well short of a majority, with only 27 of the 68 elected seats. File:Sierra Leone Parliament 1996.svg Sierra Leone People's Party 269888 27 United National People's Party 165219 17 People's Democratic Party 114429 12 All People's Congress 42467 5 National Unity Party 39285 4 Democratic Centre Party 35632 3 People's Progressive Party 21361 0 National Democratic Alliance 20125 0 People's National Convention 19019 0 National Unity Movement 8885 0 Social Democratic Party 5900 0 National People's Party 3992 0 Indirectly elected paramount chiefs 12 Elections Today Aftermath On 25 May 1997 Kabbah was deposed by a coup led by Johnny Paul Koroma. However, he was returned to power by Nigerian-led ECOWAS forces on 10 March 1998. References Election Presidential Sierra Leone Category:Elections in Sierra Leone Category:Presidential elections in Sierra Leone Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:Electoral violence