General elections were held in Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate in May 1957. A total of 39 seats were up for election, whilst another 12 paramount chiefs were indirectly elected.
The Sierra Leone People's Party led by Milton Margai won a majority of the elected seats,[1] and gained the support of all 12 chiefs and eight of the ten independents.[2] Margai led the country to independence in 1961.
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone People's Party | 75,575 | 46.13 | 24 | |
| United Progressive Party | 20,935 | 12.78 | 5 | |
| National Council | 2,984 | 1.82 | 0 | |
| Labour Party | 1,128 | 0.69 | 0 | |
| Sierra Leone Independence Movement | 1,126 | 0.69 | 0 | |
| Independents | 62,086 | 37.90 | 10 | |
| Paramount chiefs | 12 | |||
| Total | 163,834 | 100.00 | 51 | |
| Valid votes | 163,834 | 99.01 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,645 | 0.99 | ||
| Total votes | 165,479 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 494,917 | 33.44 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
By area
edit| Electoral area | SLPP | UPP | NCSL | LP | SLIM | Independents | Total | Registered voters |
Turnout | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | Seats | |||
| Colony | 17,117 | 9 | 10,001 | 3 | 2,984 | 0 | 1,128 | 0 | 1,126 | 0 | 3,481 | 2 | 35,837 | 14 | 53,517 | |||||||
| Protectorate (North) | 17,438 | 6 | 8,942 | 2 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | 11,938 | 2 | 38,318 | 10 | 160,129 | ||||
| Protectorate (South East) | 17,749 | 2 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | 37,534 | 4 | 55,283 | 6 | 128,014 | |||
| Protectorate (South West) | 23,271 | 8 | 1,992 | 0 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | 10,778 | 1 | 36,041 | 9 | 153,227 | ||||
| Total | 75,575 | 45.7 | 25 | 20,935 | 12.6 | 5 | 2,984 | 1.8 | 0 | 1,128 | 0.7 | 0 | 1,126 | 0.7 | 0 | 62,086 | 37.5 | 10 | 165,479 | 39 | 494,917 | 33.4 |
| Source: Sternberger et al.[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p799 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ Bundu, A. (2001) Democracy by Force?: A Study of International Military Intervention in Sierra Leone 1991-2000 p32
- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1902