APC, SLPP lead in Sierra Leones elections
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olufemi claudius-cole of unity party up he said got 1643 votes1 the national electoral commission of sierra leone has started releasing the results of the march 7 general election with all peoples congress apc and sierra leone people party slpp leading other parties1 the results representing 50 per cent of the polling stations in each of the five districts he said had been cleared by nec tally centre information technology systems1 according to him mr. samura kamara candidate of the ruling all peoples congress apc has so far polled 566 113 votes and is followed by his key rival and candidate of sierra leone people party slpp maada bio who has 564 687 votes1 similarly he announced that national grand coalition ngcs candidate kolle yemkulla got 87722 votes while samuel sam-sumana of coalition for change c4c polled 44 685 voters1 other candidates were kamaraimba mansaray of alliance democratic party adp who secured 13 507 votes musa tarawally of citizens democratic party cdp with 5682 votes and chernoh bah of national democratic alliance nda 4 144 votes1 the chairman also announced that john odwyer of national progressives democrats npd scored 2063 votes patrick sandy national unity and reconciliation party nurp 1132 votes and baba conteh of peace and liberation party plp 2 1001 according to him francis margai peoples movement for democratic change pmdc got 5 216 votes while victor williams of republic national independent party rnip polled 1252 votes1 other results announced were 6036 votes secured by jemba ngobeh of revolution united front party rufp mohamed sowa-turay united democratic movement 2 923 henry kabuta united national peoples party unpp 1 468 votes1 the chairman of nec mr mohammed conteh declared the progressive result at the commissions headquarters in freetown on saturday1 conteh assured that nec as the only authority responsible to announce election results was committed to producing accurate results that reflected the will of sierra leoneans as expressed on the ballots1 he disclosed that the tally figures would again be released when result from 75 per cent polling stations in all districts had been cleared1 in the 25 per cent results earlier released by the commission apcs kamara polled 291933 votes and bio of slpp had 274 352 votes1 by the countrys electoral laws results of the elections would to be announced in percentages starting from 25 per cent 50 per cent and 75 per cent before the final results which would produce the winner of the contest1 a presidential candidate must receive 55 per cent of the total valid votes cast to win the election1 if no candidate reaches 55 per cent the two candidates with the most votes will participate in a run-off or second round of the election1 answering questions conteh said he was not under any pressure and that nobody could pressurise him to do something wrong1 he said that the commission for now was giving more attention to the presidential election results1 in the elections votes were cast for parliamentary and local county seats results of which were still awaited. nan1