Parliament of Sierra Leone

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The unicameral Parliament of Sierra Leone is the country's legislative body. It is sometimes known as the House of Representatives.

The current Parliament, formed following elections held on 14 May 2002, has a total of 124 members. 112 members are directly elected in multi-member constituencies using the party-list proportional representation system. There is a threshold of 12.5% needed in any electoral district to enter Parliament. The remaining 12 are reserved for Paramount chiefs who were indirectly elected on 10 June 2002. All members serve five-year terms.

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**Summary of the 11 August 2007 **Parliament of Sierra Leone** election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
All People's Congress	728,898	40.73%	59
Sierra Leone People's Party	707,608	39.54%	43
People's Movement for Democratic Change	275,435	15.39%	10
National Democratic Alliance	31,388	1.75%	0
Convention People's Party	15,303	0.86%	0
United National People's Party	14,078	0.79%	0
Independents	10,127	0.57%	0
Peace and Liberation Party	6,752	0.38%	0
Traditional chiefs	—		12
Total	1,789,589	100.00%	124
Invalid (8.94% of all votes)	175,606
Total including invalid votes	1,965,195
Source: National Electoral Commission (seats and votes per constituency) The traditional chiefs elected twelve MPs independently from the parliamentary election; they are considered to be allied to the SLPP. (AFP)