Votes are physically counted at polling stations and electronically tallied at the district and regional tallying centres led by the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL), which manages the country’s national elections.In this round, voters select their political parties of choice, instead of directly voting for individual candidates. Since the proportional representative system will be used to elect members of parliament and councillors, voters will cast their votes for these two positions separately.Voting is done manually by the secret ballot method and voters will elect their presidential and mayoral candidates at the same time.There are 3,374,258 Sierra Leoneans registered to vote in the 2023 elections - an increase of 195,595 from 2018.The election of PCMPs will also take place on June 24. Unlike the presidential election, the vote will be conducted under the district block proportional representation system as opposed to the constituency-based first-past-the-post system used since 2007. The new parliament, after the June 24 elections, will constitute 135 MPs and 14 PCMPs. ![]() The last parliament, dissolved on April 25, was composed of 132 directly elected members (MPs) and 14 paramount chief members of parliament (PCMPs). Samura Kamara, the runner-up in the last presidential election of 2018, is the other candidate for the nation’s top role.Īlongside the presidential poll, Sierra Leone will also hold parliamentary and local council elections. The incumbent, President Julius Maada Bio, is seeking re-election and has promised to prioritise improving access to public education and boosting agricultural production. Two familiar candidates are competing to lead this country of 8.4 million people. ![]() This will be the fifth election since the brutal 10-year civil war - and it is expected to follow the peaceful and somewhat democratic nature of its four predecessors. On June 24, 2023, 3.4 million Sierra Leoneans will head to the polls to vote for a new president.
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