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Sierra Leonean general election, 2007
Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Sierra Leone on 11 August 2007. Seven candidates competed in the first round of the presidential election;〔("Sierra Leone ready for elections: electoral official" ), Xinhua (''People's Daily Online''), August 10, 2007.〕 no candidate received the necessary 55% of the vote to win in the first round,〔("Sierra Leone Presidential Runoff Set for September 8" ), VOA News, August 25, 2007.〕 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.〔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.〕
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.〔("Polls split Sierra Leone" ), News24.com, August 27, 2007.〕 12 members of parliament were chosen by traditional chiefs, who have been considered to be allied with the SLPP, in a separate election.〔("Opposition sweeps Sierra Leone election" ), AFP, August 23, 2007.〕
==Background==
Vice-President Solomon Berewa was chosen as the presidential candidate of the ruling SLPP, as well as the party's leader, in early September 2005.〔("Sierra Leone leader sacks three key ministers" ), Reuters (''IOL''), September 7, 2005.〕 The incumbent president, Ahmed Tejan Kabbah of the SLPP, was prohibited from running again by term limits.〔("Sierra Leone awaits poll results" ), AngolaPress, August 14, 2007.〕 On July 2, 2007, Foreign Minister Momodu Koroma was named as the party's vice-presidential candidate.〔("Sierra Leone: ruling party names running mate amid controversy" ), African Press Agency, July 2, 2007.〕 Ernest Bai Koroma was nominated as the presidential candidate of the main opposition party APC,〔("Sierra Leone: leading parties nominate candidates for presidential poll" ), African Press Agency, July 5, 2007.〕 with Samuel Sam-Sumana as his vice-presidential candidate.〔("Biographical Sketch of Mr. Samuel Sam-Sumana: Running Mate of the All People’s Congress (APC) party in the August 11 Presidential Election" ), APC (''Awareness Times''), July 5, 2007.〕 Charles Margai was nominated as the presidential candidate of the People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC),〔 with Ibrahim Tejan-Jalloh as his vice-presidential candidate.〔("PMDC-USA Welcomes Dr. Ibrahim Tejan-Jalloh" ), press release (''The Patriotic Vanguard''), April 12, 2007.〕 Margai formed the PMDC as a split from the SLPP in 2005, and this was seen as weakening the latter party.〔Abdul Lamin, ("Vote of confidence" ), ''Mail & Guardian Online'' (South Africa), August 16, 2007.〕 Prior to the election, Berewa, Koroma, and Margai were considered the main three presidential candidates.〔("Sierra Leone: 3 of seven candidates are presidential frontrunners" ), African Press Agency, August 11, 2007.〕
In May 2007, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) delayed the election by two weeks from the previously set date of 28 July, saying that it was necessary to have additional time after parliament was dissolved in late June 2007. This decision was sharply criticized by the opposition, since it meant the election would be held when the rainy season was at its peak, potentially making voting difficult for many people.〔("S Leone opposition slams poll delays" ), AFP (''IOL''), 9 May 2007.〕 On 11 May, NEC Chairperson Christiana Thorpe rejected requests for the election to be delayed until December, saying that it would be unconstitutional to hold them so late. Acknowledging the impact the rain would likely have on voter turnout, Thorpe said that there would be more polling stations in order to make voting more convenient.〔("Vote date set in Sierra Leone" ), Sapa (News24.com), 12 May 2007.〕
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