The Chief Electoral Commissioner of the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), Mohamed Konneh has today, 28 June 2022 announced the parliamentary and local council bye elections results that were held over the weekend in five districts.

The one Parliamentary bye election was successfully conducted in Tonkolili District, and five Local Council bye elections were also conducted in Kenema, Falaba, Karene and Port Loko Districts by the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) on the 25th Day of June, 2022, in accordance with the relevant electoral legal framework.

The Chief Electoral Commissioner, Mohamed Konneh announced that, “In exercise, therefore, of the powers conferred on me as the National Returning Officer, by Section 94 Subsection (4) of the Public Elections Act, 2012 (Act No. 4 of 2012),

I hereby declare SESAY JAWAH of the All Peoples Congress (APC), who having polled 5,487, being the highest number of valid votes cast, duly elected Member of Parliament for Constituency 056 in the Tonkolili District;
SHERIFF JENEBA of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), who having polled 2,993, being the highest number of valid votes cast, duly elected Councillor for Ward 031 in the Kenema District;

KAMARA MOHAMED of the All Peoples Congress (APC), who having polled 525, being the highest number of valid votes cast, duly elected Councillor for Ward 138 in the Falaba District;

TURAY MOHAMED AMARA of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), who having polled 747, being the highest number of valid votes cast, duly elected Councillor for Ward 212 in the Karene District;

BANGURA IDRISSA of the All Peoples Congress (APC) who having polled 1,227, being the highest number of valid votes cast, duly elected Councillor for Ward 216 in the Karene District;

KAMARA JAMES GASSIMU of the All Peoples Congress (APC), who having polled 1,661, being the highest number of valid votes cast, duly elected Councillor for Ward 252 in the Port Loko District.”

Konneh further noted that, the vacant seat in Tonkolili District, Constituency 056 occured following the inauguration ceremony of former Member of Parliament Hon. Alhaji Musa Bamba Foray Kulio Jalloh as Paramount Chief of Sambaia Chiefdom.

“According to letters from the Chief Administrators from Falaba, Karene and Port Loko District Councils, the vacancies occurred as a result of the death of Councillors in the aformentioned District Councils,” he stated.

“According to letters from the Chief Administrators of the Kenema District Council dated 15th November 2021, the vacancy occurred as a result of the appointment of Councillor Ismael Koroma as Chiefdom Speaker in Small Bo Chiefdom, Kenema District, and for Ward 216 in Karene District, the vacancy occurred as a result of leave of absence of Councillor Benjamin Roy Kargbo pursuant to Section 9 (d) of The Local Government Act 2004,” Commissioner stated.”

The Commissioner further revealed that, “two (2) Political Parties contested the Parliamentary Bye-Election in Constituency 056, Tonkolili District; The All Peoples Congress (APC) and the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), Four (4) Political Parties contested the Local Council Bye Election in Ward 031, Kenema District: People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC), the All Peoples Congress (APC), the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP); Two (2) Political Parties contested the Local Council Bye Election in Ward 138, Falaba District: The All Peoples Congress (APC) and the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP); Two(2)Political Parties contested the Local Council Bye-Election in Ward 216, Karene District: The All Peoples Congress (APC) and the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP); Two (2) Political Parties contested the Local Council Bye Election in Ward 212, Karene District: The All Peoples Congress (APC) and the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) and Three(03) Political Parties contested the Local Council Bye Election in Ward 252, Port Loko District; the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) and the All Peoples Congress (APC). “

He stated that the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) provided security in all the polling centres for the Parliamentary and Local Council Bye Elections.

“Political Party agents, the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC), the Office of National Security (ONS), the National Election Watch (NEW), Election Conflict Prevention and Mediation Group (ECPMG), Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Foundation, the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion, Civil Society Network (CSN), Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) and our International Partners observed the Parliamentary and Local Council Bye-Elections on polling day and the tallying processes at the respective ECSL tally centres in Tonkolili, Kenema and Port Loko Districts,” Commissioner Konneh added.