1957 Sierra Leonean general election

none Sierra Leone Legislative 1951 Sierra Leonean general election 1951 May 1957 1962 Sierra Leonean general election 1962 39 of 51 seats in the Territorial Assembly 20 494,917 33.44% 100px Milton Margai Bonthe South Sierra Leone People's Party 24 75,575 46.13% 120px C.B. Rogers-Wright UPP FF00FF Freetwon Central(defeated) 5 20,935 12.78% 1957 Sierra Leonean parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg Results by constituency General elections were held in Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate in May 1957. A total of 39 seats were up for election, whilst another 12 paramount chiefs were indirectly elected. The Sierra Leone People's Party led by Milton Margai won a majority of the elected seats,Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p799 0-19-829645-2 and gained the support of all 12 chiefs and eight of the ten independents.Bundu, A. (2001) Democracy by Force?: A Study of International Military Intervention in Sierra Leone 1991-2000 p32 Margai led the country to independence in 1961. Results Sierra Leone People's Party 75575 24 United Progressive Party 20935 5 National Council 2984 0 Labour Party 1128 0 Sierra Leone Independence Movement 1126 0 Independents 62086 10 Paramount chiefs 12 1645 494917 Nohlen et al. By area Electoral areaSLPPUPPNCSLLPSLIMIndependentsTotalRegisteredvotersTurnoutVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotesSeatsColony17,117 910,001 32,984 01,128 01,126 03,481 235,8371453,517Protectorate (North)17,438 68,942 2−−−−−−−−−11,938 238,31810160,129Protectorate (South East)17,749 2−−−−−−−−−−−−37,534 455,2836128,014Protectorate (South West)23,271 81,992 0−−−−−−−−−10,778 136,0419153,227Total75,57545.72520,93512.652,9841.801,1280.701,1260.7062,08637.510165,47939494,91733.4Source: Sternberger et al.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1902 References Category:Elections in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Category:1957 in Sierra Leone