11 August 2007 (first round) 8 September 2007 (second round)
Nominee
Ernest Bai Koroma
Solomon Berewa
Party
APC
SLPP
Popular vote
950,407
789,651
Percentage
54.62%
45.38%
Results by district
Koroma
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Berewa
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
>90%
President before election
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
SLPP
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Ernest Bai Koroma
APC
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General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 11 August 2007. Seven candidates competed in the first round of the presidential election;[1] no candidate received the necessary 55% of the vote to win in the first round,[2] and a second round was held between the top two candidates, Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People's Congress (APC) and Solomon Berewa of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), on 8 September. According to official results, Koroma won the election with 54.6% of the vote.[3][4]
566 candidates stood in the parliamentary election, in which 112 seats, out of a total of 124, were at stake.[1] Voting for seats in parliament was done on a first-past-the-post constituency basis, rather than the system of proportional representation used previously.[5] 12 members of parliament were chosen by traditional chiefs, who have been considered to be allied with the SLPP, in a separate election.[6] The election was described as "free and fair" and "orderly" by international observers.[7][8]
^ ab"Sierra Leone ready for elections: electoral official", Xinhua (People's Daily Online), August 10, 2007.
^"Sierra Leone Presidential Runoff Set for September 8" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, VOA News, August 25, 2007.
^Rod MacJohnson, "Sierra Leone gets a new leader", AFP (The Times, South Africa), September 17, 2007.
^"S Leone opposition win presidency", BBC News, 17 September 2007.
^"Polls split Sierra Leone" Archived 2007-08-29 at the Wayback Machine, News24.com, August 27, 2007.
^"Opposition sweeps Sierra Leone election" Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine, AFP, August 23, 2007.
^"Khaleej Times Online - Counting underway after Sierra Leone vote". www.khaleejtimes.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^"People's Daily Online - Sierra Leone holds "successful" landmark general elections".
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