General Information
At stake in this election:
- The office of President of Sierra Leone
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Ernest Bai KOROMA *
- Head of Government: President Ernest Bai KOROMA
- Assembly: Sierra Leone has a unicameral Parliament with 124 seats.
* The president is both the chief of state and head of government.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
- In the Parliament, 112 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms and 12 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 5-year terms.***
*** 12 seats are filled by paramount chiefs elected in separate elections.
Main Candidates in the Presidential race:
- Ernest Bai KOROMA
- Party: All People's Congress (APC)
- Julius Maada BIO
- Charles Francis MARGAI
- Party: People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC)
- James Obbaii FULLAH
- Party: United National People's Party (UNPP)
- Eldred COLLINS
- Party: Revolutionary United Front Party (RUFP)
- Gibrilla KAMARA
- Party: People's Democratic Party (PDP)
- Joshua Albert CAREW
- Party: Citizens Democractic Party (CDP)
- Mohamed BANGURA
- Party: United Democratic Movement (UDM)
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 6,043,157 (2012)
- Registered Voters: 2,701,299 (2012)
Gender Data:
· Female Population: 3,056,584 (2012)
· Is Sierra Leone a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (21 September 1988)
· Has Sierra Leone ratified CEDAW: Yes (11 November 1988)
· Gender Quota: No
· Female candidates in this election: No
· Number of Female Parliamentarians: 15 (following the 2012 elections)
· Human Development Index Position: 181 (2014)
· Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very High (2014)
Disability Data:
· Is Sierra Leone a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
· Has Sierra Leone ratified CRPD: Yes (4 October 2010)
· Population with a disability: 906,473 (est.)