Sierra Leone’s Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) on Monday announced the release of partial results for the Presidential Elections held on June 24, 2023.

With the votes from 60% of the polling stations tallied, the electoral commission says that the incumbent President and candidate of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). Julius Maada Bio has a 56% share. Samura Kamara, of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC), is currently trailing by 42%.

These results were cleared by the ECSL Result Management systems at Regional Tally Centres in Freetown, Bo, Kenema, Makeni, and Port Loko. In order to win in the first round a candidate needs more than 55% of votes.

Sierra Leone has 16 districts across which elections were conducted on Saturday. According to the provisional results, the APC is leading in 8 districts including Bombali, Koinadugu, Tonkolili, Kambia, Karene, Port Loko, Western Urban and Western Rural.

Final verified results are expected to be announced before Wednesday.

Below is the breakdown of districts and results obtained by the two major political parties so far:

Kailahun

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 145, 886
Samura Kamara (APC) – 5, 221

Kenema

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 195, 470
Samura Kamara (APC) – 10, 958

Kono

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 29, 426
Samura Kamara (APC) – 13,712

Bombali

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 9, 669
Samura Kamara (APC) – 134, 370

Falaba

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 14, 748
Samura Kamara (APC) – 12, 395

Koinadugu

Maada Bio (SLPP) -11, 157
Samura Kamara (APC) – 23, 171

Tonkolili

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 10, 996
Samura Kamara (APC) – 60, 815

Kambia

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 29, 748
Samura Kamara (APC) – 62, 834

Karene

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 8, 797
Samura Kamara (APC) – 55, 492

Port Loko

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 20, 106
Samura Kamara (APC) – 129, 350

Bo

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 201, 599
Samura Kamara (APC) – 10, 947

Bonthe

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 72, 693
Samura Kamara (APC) – 2, 639

Moyamaba

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 74, 624
Samura Kamara (APC) – 9, 809

Pujehun

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 72, 693
Samura Kamara (APC) – 2, 713

Western Rural

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 51, 394
Samura Kamara (APC) – 121, 349

Western Urban

Maada Bio (SLPP) – 118, 660
Samura Kamara (APC) – 137, 976