1962 Sierra Leonean general election
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General elections were held in
Prime Minister
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Campaign
A total of 216 candidates contested the 62 seats, of which seven were won unopposed; four by the SLPP, two by the All People's Congress (APC) and one by an independent one. The SLPP nominated 59 candidates, the APC 32 and the Sierra Leone Progressive Independence Movement and the United Progressive Party four each. The other 117 candidates were independents.[2]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone People's Party | 230,118 | 34.67 | 28 | +4 | |
| All People's Congress | 114,333 | 17.23 | 16 | New | |
| Sierra Leone Progressive Independence Movement | 34,839 | 5.25 | 4 | New | |
| United Progressive Party | 1,660 | 0.25 | 0 | −5 | |
| Independents | 282,724 | 42.60 | 14 | +4 | |
| Paramount chiefs | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 663,674 | 100.00 | 74 | +13 | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
- ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen& Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1903
