All People's Congress
All People's Congress | |
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Alhaji Osman Foday Yansaneh | |
Spokesperson | Cornelius Deveaux |
Founder | Siaka Stevens |
Founded | 20 March 1960 |
Split from | Sierra Leone People's Party |
Headquarters | 31 Railway Line, Brookfields Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Ideology | African nationalism Social democracy Pan-Africanism |
Political position | Centre-left |
Colors | Red |
Slogan | "Action, Progress, Commitment" |
Seats in Parliament | 54 / 132 |
District Councils Chairperson | 7 / 13 |
Municipalities Mayors | 3 / 6 |
Website | |
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The All People's Congress (APC) is one of the two major
The APC party was founded in 1960 by a breakaway group from the Sierra Leone People's Party that vehemently opposed elections before independence and instead supported independence before elections. The APC governed the country from 1968 to 1992 and became the ruling party again in 2007 after the party presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma won the 2007 presidential election, he contested and also won the 2012 elections. The APC lost power on 4 April 2018, with its flagbearer Samura Kamara losing the presidential election to Bio.
The APC is very popular and receives large majority support in almost all of the northern districts of Sierra Leone with strong ties to the Temne and some Limba people. The APC is also popular with significant majority in the Western Area (including Freetown).
Overview
Following
In the
For several years Koroma's leadership was challenged by some in the party, who took the issue to court; the dispute was said to be resolved in April 2007, with Koroma accepted by party dissidents as the party's leader ahead of the
Koroma was victorious in the second round of the 2007 presidential election, held on 8 September, winning 54.6% of the vote against 45.4% for Berewa.[4][5] He was sworn in as President on 17 September.[6]
APC has traditionally been based among the Temne and Limba people in the north.[7][8]
Electoral history
Presidential elections
Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First round | Second round | |||||
1985 | Joseph Saidu Momoh | 2,780,495 | 99.9% | — | Elected | |
1996 | Edward Turay | 38,316 | 5.1% | — | Lost | |
2002 | Ernest Bai Koroma | 426,405 | 22.4% | — | Lost | |
2007 | 815,523 | 44.3% | 950,407 | 54.6% | Elected | |
2012
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1,314,881 | 58.7% | — | Elected | ||
2018 | Samura Kamara | 1,082,748 | 42.7% | 1,227,171 | 48.2% | Lost |
2023 | 1,148,262 | 41.2% | — | Lost |
Parliamentary elections
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1962 | 114,333 | 17.23% | 16 / 74
|
New | 2nd | Opposition |
1967 | 279,715 | 44.92% | 32 / 78
|
16 | 1st | Coalition |
1973 | — | 84 / 97
|
52 | 1st | Supermajority | |
1977 | 425,358 | 61.93% | 70 / 100
|
14 | 1st | Supermajority |
1982 | — | 85 / 104
|
15 | 1st | Sole legal party | |
1986 | — | 105 / 127
|
20 | 1st | Sole legal party | |
1996 | 42,467 | 5.69% | 5 / 80
|
100 | 4th | Opposition |
2002 | 409,313 | 21.41% | 27 / 112
|
22 | 2nd | Opposition |
2007 | 728,898 | 40.73% | 59 / 124
|
32 | 1st | Coalition |
2012
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1,149,234 | 53.67% | 67 / 124
|
8 | 1st | Government |
2018 | 989,431 | 39.93% | 68 / 146
|
1 | 1st | Opposition |
2023 | 1,113,882 | 40.00% | 54 / 149
|
14 | 2nd | Opposition |
References
- ^ Sayoh Kamara, "APC Gets Final Peace in Sierra Leone", Awareness Times, 5 April 2007.
- ^ "Sierra Leone’s main opposition party settles internal dispute", African Press Agency, 6 April 2007. "African Press Agency - Item". Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
- ^ "Freetown opposition party wins majority" Archived 15 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Reuters, 24 August 2007.
- ^ Rod MacJohnson, "Sierra Leone gets a new leader", AFP, 17 September 2007.
- ^ "S Leone opposition win presidency", BBC News, 17 September 2007.
- ^ Katrina Manson and Christo Johnson, "Koroma pledges healing in Sierra Leone", Reuters, 18 September 2007.
- ISBN 978-1-137-48674-5.
- ISBN 978-1-4648-0122-8.