Sierraloaded has received the most current preliminary bye-election results from various polling units in Constituency 005 in Kailahun District.
Following the death of the substantive Member of Parliament in Constituency 005 in Kailahun District, the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) declared the seat vacant and announced a date for a bye-election to fill that vacancy slated for Saturday 26th March, 2022.
In Constituency 005 in Kailahun, two female candidates contested in the election: Hawa Rosaline Siafa of SLPP; and Amie Momoh of APC.
ECSL stated that polling stations in all 69 stations in Constituency 005 Kailahun district, voting started at 7a.m. and closed at 5:00p.m.
According to The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), sorting and counting of ballots are in progress as political parties’ agents, observers and ECSL officials look on, adding that tallying and announcement of provisional results is at district level.
These numbers have not been publicly confirmed by The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), but offer the first picture of voting trends.
CONSTITUENCY 005 MP BYE-ELECTION
GARAMA TOWN BARRY( CODE 1110)
STATION 1
APC: 52
SLPP:77
VOID:9
TOTAL:
STATION 2
APC:64
SLPP:66
VOID:2
TOTAL:132
STATION 3
APC:37
SLPP:46
VOID:0
TOTAL:83
CENTER
APC:153
SLPP:189
VOID:11
TOTAL:353
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SLPP AND APC is 36 votes
Voting completed in polling Center at Baiima town which has about six 6 polling stations.Total valid votes for slpp=712 votes
Apc=94 votes
Invalid= 17