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Sierra Leone is a country located in West Africa, known officially as the Republic of Sierra Leone.

Government of Sierra Leone

The government of Sierra Leone is the governing authority of the Republic of Sierra Leone, as established by the Sierra Leone Constitution. The Sierra Leone government is divided into three branches: the executive, legislative and the judicial. The seat of government of Sierra Leone is in the capital Freetown.

The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Sierra Leone a "hybrid regime" in 2022.

Administrative divisions

Sierra Leone is divided into provinces, districts, and chiefdoms. Sierra Leone has 3 rural provinces, plus a capital city administrative province. There are then 14 districts - 12 rural, 2 for the capital Freetown.

Sierra Leone is further divided into 149 chiefdoms. The chiefdoms are hereditary, tribal units of local governance. The World Bank sponsored the creation of elected local councils in 2004.

Political parties and elections

President

Incumbent president Julius Maada Bio was re-elected with 56% of the vote, a result which was contested by the main opposition party, the All People's Congress, which demanded a rerun, citing "glaring irregularities".

Parliament

The Sierra Leone People's Party won 81 seats in Parliament while the All People's Congress won 54 seats. The Sierra Leone People's Party did much better in the Kono District than it did in the previous election, winning seven of ten seats in this election after winning none in the district in the last election. It also made gains in northern and western Sierra Leone.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sierra Leone People's Party	1,578,259	56.68	81	+32
	All People's Congress	1,113,882	40.00	54	–14
	National Grand Coalition	18,169	0.65	0	–4
	People's Movement for Democratic Change	17,390	0.62	0	0
	National Democratic Alliance	3,819	0.14	0	0
	Revolutionary United Front	1,502	0.05	0	0
	Peace and Liberation Party	1,131	0.04	0	0
	National Unity and Reconciliation Party	1,000	0.04	0	0
	Republic National Independent Party	560	0.02	0	0
	People's Democratic Party	516	0.02	0	0
	Independents	48,464	1.74	0	−3
Paramount chiefs				14	0
Total		2,784,692	100.00	149	+3
Valid votes		2,784,692	99.60
Invalid/blank votes		11,189	0.40
Total votes		2,795,881	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,374,258	82.86
Source: Sierra Loaded, Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone

See also

• List of ambassadors of Sierra Leone to Germany
• List of ambassadors of Sierra Leone to Russia
• Sierra Leone presidents and head of state by tribes

References

1. Democracy Index 2023: Age of Conflict (PDF). Economist Intelligence Unit (Report). 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
2. ^ Tristan Reed and James A. Robinson, The Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone, Scholar, Harvard University, 15 July 2013, Document available online, accessed 30 April 2014
3. Fofana, Umaru (1 July 2023). "Sierra Leone's main opposition party demands rerun of general election". Reuters. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
4. Fofana, Umaru (1 July 2023). "Sierra Leone ruling party wins 60% of parliamentary seats in contested vote". Reuters.

External links

• Office of the Sierra Leone President
• Sierra Leone Government
• Special Court for Sierra Leone
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Elections

• African Elections Database
• https://books.google.com/books?id=jj4J-AXGDaQC&dq=state+avenue+state+house+in+freetown+closed+to+public&pg=PA983

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