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Sierra Leone: facts about Sierra Leone elections

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Sierra Leone, Elections, Politics

Facts about the Sierra Leone elections [1]:
* More than half of the voters are under 35 years old.
* There are 7 presediential contenders.
* There are 566 parliamentary candidates for 112 parliamentary seats.
* Ballots have been transported by trucks, canoes and porters to some 6,176 polling stations in
savannah, jungles and mountains.