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Presidential and Vice-Presidential Election
Round Two (Runoff), 15 March 1996

Presidential Candidate Vice-Presidential Candidate Political Party Votes %
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Albert Joe Demby SLPP 608,419 59.49
Dr. John Karefa-Smart   UNPP 414,335 40.49
 

Presidential and Vice-Presidential Election
Round One, 15 March 1996

Presidential Candidate Vice-Presidential Candidate Political Party Votes %
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Albert Joe Demby SLPP 266,893 36.0
Dr. John Karefa-Smart   UNPP 168,666 22.7
Thaimu Bangura   PDP 119,782 16.1
John Karimu   NUP 39,617 5.3
Edward Turay   APC 38,316 5.2
Abu Aiah Koroma   DCP 36,779 5.0
Abass Bundu   PPP 21,557 2.9
Amadou Jalloh   NDA 17,335 2.3
Edward Kargbo   PNC 15,798 2.1
Desmond Luke   NUM 7,918 1.1
Andrew Lungay   SDP 5,202 0.7
Andrew Turay   NPP 3,925 0.5
Mohamed Sillah   NADP 3,723 0.5
 

Parliamentary Elections
26 February 1996

Political Party Votes Percent Seats
       
Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) 269,486 35,8 27
United National People's Party (UNPP) 161,618 21.5 17
People's Democratic Party (PDP) 114,409 15.2 12
All People's Congress (APC) 42,443 5.7 5
National Unity Party (NUP) 39,280 5.2 4
Democratic Center Party (DCP) 35,624 4.8 3
People's Progressive Party (PPP) 21,354 2.8 0
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) 20,105 2.7 0
People's National Convention (PNC) 19,019 2.5 0
Social Democratic Party (SDP) 9,900 1.3 0
National Unity Movement (NUM) 8,884 1.2 0
National Alliance Democratic Party (NADP) 4,653 0.6 0
National People's Party (NPP) 3,989 0.5 0

 

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