A presidential runoff will be held in Sierra Leone between the top two runners since none of the candidates succeeded in garnering at least 55 percent of the ballot in the first round, the National Electoral Commission said on Thursday.
According to the results released by the commission, Ernest Bai Koroma, leader of the main opposition party All People's Congress (APC), gained 44 percent of the ballots, while Vice President Solomon Berewa, who leads the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party ( SLPP), captured 38 percent, and Charles Margai of the People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) garnered 14 percent.
In the concurrent parliamentary election, the APC won 59 of the 112 seats on offer, followed by the SLPP with 43 seats and the PMDC with the remaining 10 seats.
The Aug. 11 elections were the second of the kind since the decade-long civil war ended in Sierra Leone in 2002. The first were held in May 2002, during which President Ahmad Tejan KABBAH was reelected.
According to the results released by the commission, Ernest Bai Koroma, leader of the main opposition party All People's Congress (APC), gained 44 percent of the ballots, while Vice President Solomon Berewa, who leads the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party ( SLPP), captured 38 percent, and Charles Margai of the People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) garnered 14 percent.
In the concurrent parliamentary election, the APC won 59 of the 112 seats on offer, followed by the SLPP with 43 seats and the PMDC with the remaining 10 seats.
The Aug. 11 elections were the second of the kind since the decade-long civil war ended in Sierra Leone in 2002. The first were held in May 2002, during which President Ahmad Tejan KABBAH was reelected.
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