Sierra Leonean parliamentary election, 1977
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Parliamentary elections were held in Sierra Leone on 6 May 1977. They were the last multi-party elections held in the country until 1996.
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[edit] Background
Elections were called ahead of schedule by president Siaka Stevens following his declaration of a state of emergency after student riots earlier in the year.
In the election itself, only 41 of the directly-elected and one of the indirectly-elected paramount chief seats were contested (in the remaining 36 directly-elected and 11 indirectly-elected seats, the All People's Congress was the only party with a candidate). In a campaign marred by violence, elections in eight constituencies were not held on the day of the election, but were contested at a later date.[1]
For the first time, there were also three presidential appointees in the parliament.
[edit] Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| All People's Congress | 425,328 | 61.93% | 70 |
| Sierra Leone People's Party | 205,976 | 29.99% | 15 |
| Democratic National Party | 478 | 0.07% | 0 |
| Independents | 54,998 | 8.01% | 0 |
| Indirectly elected paramount chiefs | - | - | 12 |
| Presidential appointees | - | - | 3 |
| Total | 686,610 | 100% | 100 |
| Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union | |||
[edit] Aftermath
The following year, a referendum approved a new constitution that made the country a single-party state with the APC as the sole legal party. Elections were held under this system in 1982, 1985 and 1986. Another referendum in 1991 returned the country to multi-party politics, and the next pluriform elections were held in 1996.
[edit] References
- ^ Sierra Leone Inter-Parliamentary Union
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