Presidential Election
Round Two (Runoff)
15 March 1996

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP)
608,419 votes or 59.49%

Dr. John Karefa-Smart
United National People's Party (UNPP)
414,335 votes or 40.49%

Presidential Election
Round One
26 February 1996

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP)
266,893 votes or 36.0%

Dr. John Karefa-Smart
United National People's Party (UNPP)
168,666 votes or 22.7%

Thaimu Bangura
People's Democratic Party (PDP)
119,782 votes or 16.1%

John Karimu
National Unity Party (NUP)
39,617 votes or 5.3%

Edward Turay
All People's Congress (APC)
38,316 votes or 5.2%

Abu Aiah Koroma
Democratic Center Party (DCP)
36,779 votes or 5.0%

Abass Bundu
People's Progressive Party (PPP)
21,557 votes or 2.9%

Amadou Jalloh
National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
17,335 votes or 2.3%

Edward Kargbo
People's National Convention (PNC)
15,798 votes or 2.1%

Desmond Luke
National Unity Movement (NUM)
7,918 votes or 1.1%

Andrew Lungay
Social Democratic Party (SDP)
5,202 votes or 0.7%

Andrew Turay
National People's Party (NPP)
3,925 votes or 0.5%

Mohamed Sillah
National Alliance Democratic Party (NADP)
3,723 votes or 0.5%.

Parliamentary Elections
26 February 1996

Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP)
269,486 votes or 35.9% - 27 seats

United National People's Party (UNPP)
161,618 votes or 21.5% - 17 seats

People's Democratic Party (PDP)
114,409 votes or 15.2% - 12 seats

All People's Congress (APC)
42,443 votes or 5.7% - 5 seats

National Unity Party (NUP)
39,280 votes or 5.2% - 4 seats

Democratic Center Party (DCP)
35,624 votes or 4.8% - 3 seats

People's Progressive Party (PPP)
21,354 votes or 2.8% - 0 seats

National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
20,105 or 2.7% - 0 seats

People's National Convention (PNC)
19,019 votes or 2.5% - 0 seats

Social Democratic Party (SDP)
9,900 votes or 1.3% - 0 seats

National Unity Movement (NUM)
8,884 votes or 1.2% - 0 seats

National Alliance Democratic Party (NADP)
4,653 votes or 0.6% - 0 seats

National People's Party (NPP)
3,989 votes or 0.5% - 0 seats

Total: 750,764 votes cast for 68 seats in Parliament. The remaining 12 seats were elected from among the paramount chiefs.