2007 Sierra Leonean general election

General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 11 August 2007. Seven candidates competed in the first round of the presidential election; no candidate received the necessary 55% of the vote to win in the first round, 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.

2007 Sierra Leonean general election

Presidential election
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

President before election

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
SLPP

Elected President

Ernest Bai Koroma
APC

566 candidates stood in the parliamentary election, in which 112 seats, out of a total of 124, were at stake. Voting for seats in parliament was done on a first-past-the-post constituency basis, rather than the system of proportional representation used previously. 12 members of parliament were chosen by traditional chiefs, who have been considered to be allied with the SLPP, in a separate election. The election was described as "free and fair" and "orderly" by international observers.

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