2012 Sierra Leonean general election

2012 Sierra Leonean general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Ernest Bai Koroma Julius Maada Bio Party APC SLPP Running mate Samuel Sam-Sumana Kadi Sesay Popular vote 1,314,881 819,185 Percentage 58.65% 37.36%

Results by district

President before election Ernest Bai Koroma All People's Congress Elected President Ernest Bai Koroma All People's Congress

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General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 17 November 2012.^[1] The result was a sweeping victory for the ruling All People's Congress. Its leader, incumbent president Ernest Bai Koroma, won 58.7% of the vote, enough to win a second term without the need for a runoff. The APC also won 67 of the 112 elected seats in Parliament. To date, it is the APC's best showing at an election since the restoration of multiparty politics in 1991.