Friday, November 23, 2012

Sierra Leone elections: Official results...

At around 18:25 hrs the official presidential election results were announced:


Candidate
Party
Votes
Percentage
KOROMA, ERNEST BAI
APC
     1 314 881
58.7%
CAREW, JOSHUA ALBERT
CDP
          22 863
1.0%
KAMARA, GIBRILLA
PDP
             8 273
0.4%
CONTEH, KANDEH BABA
PLP
             6 144
0.3%
MARGAI, CHARLES FRANCIS
PMDC
          28 944
1.3%
COLLINS, ELDRED
RUFP
          12 993
0.6%
BIO, JULIUS MAADA
SLPP
        837 517
37.4%
BANGURA, MOHAMED
UDM
             5 069
0.2%
FULLAH, JAMES OBAI
UNPP
             5 044
0.2%

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Returning Officer by section 52 of the Public Elections Act, 2012, I hereby certify that 1,314,881 valid votes were cast in favour of the candidate ERNEST BAI KOROMA at that election:

AND ERNEST BAI KOROMA therefore received 58.7% of valid votes cast in the election
ERNEST BAI KOROMA has been duly elected president of the Republic of Sierra Leone at the Presidential election of 2012.

Any citizen of Sierra Leone may challenge the validity of the election of the president by petition to the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone, within seven days after the declaration of the presidential results.



Signed:
Dr. Christiana Thorpe
Chief Electoral Commissioner/Chairperson
National Returning Officer

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