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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.
Population:
- Population: 5,245,695 (July 2010 est.)
Past elections
- Presidential - November 17, 2012
- Legislative - November 17, 2012
- Presidential
Second Round - September 8, 2007 - Legislative - August 11, 2007
- Presidential
First Round - August 11, 2007 - Presidential - May 14, 2002
- Legislative - May 14, 2002
Last Updated on 11/19/2010
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