Sierra Leone is now President Koroma successful re-election

Sierra Leone Electoral Commission announced on the evening of 23 July, incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma re-election success, to hold office until 2017.
The Electoral Commission also announced that any objection on the election results, and can appeal to the High Court within 7 days after the results were announced.
The election results show that Koroma won a total of 58.7% of the vote, its main rival, the Sierra Leone People's Party presidential candidate Julius horse Biau 37.4%. The general election was 87.3%, invalid votes was 4.7%. The same time members of Congress and members of the local council election results are yet to be announced.
If a presidential candidate to get more than 55% support votes in accordance with the Constitution of Sierra Leone, the elections do not need to enter the second round.
Sierra Leone held 17 national elections, the election of a new president, 112 members of Congress and 456 members of the local council. Sierra Leone Election Commission statistics show a total of about 2.5 million voters were registered to vote. Eight political parties to participate in the presidential elections, 10 political parties participated in the parliamentary elections.
Sierra Leone was a British colony, declared its independence in 1961, plunged into civil war in 1991-2002. The country is one of the world's most developed countries released by the United Nations 2006 Human Development Index ranked World penultimate. The general election is the third national election after the end of the civil war in Sierra Leone, is also the first time by the Sierra Leone government organized elections, the 2002 and 2007 general elections by the United Nations Organization.