| Parliament of Sierra Leone | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Unicameral |
| Leadership | |
| Speaker | Honourable Abel Nathaniel Bankole Stronge, (APC) |
| Majority Leader | Honourable Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya, (APC) |
| Minority Leader | Honourable Emmanuel Tommy, (SLPP) |
| Members |
124
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| Elections | |
| Last election | August 11, 2007 |
| Last election | May 2002 |
| Meeting place | |
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House of Parliament Tower Hill, Freetown |
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| Website | |
| http://www.sl-parliament.org/ (Official website) | |
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.
| 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 |
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Eighteen women occupy seats in the Parliament.
Abel Nathaniel Bankole Stronge is the current Speaker of Parliament. He succeeded Edmond Cowan.
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