Run-off election: Over 50% of votes counted and tallied
The National Electoral Commission in Freetown, Sierra Leone has announced wednesday that over 50% of the votes in the run-off election of September 8, 2007 have been counted and tallied. NEC boss Christiana Thorpe(pictured) who made the announcement however cautioned that the process is still ongoing as the votes of over three thousand polling stations still need to be counted and tallied. We bring you below Thorpe’s statement:
National Electoral Commission (NEC)
15 Industrial Estates, Wellington, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Statement from NEC Chairperson
NEC Statement to the Media - 12 September 2007
As announced, wednesday the NEC is ready to present additional progressive results of the presidential run-off elections. We continue to make progress while conducting all the necessary checks and verifications that will allow for timely certification of the results. We are also looking into the complaints and reports of irregularities. I trust that by now the Commission has received all the complaints from polling day.
Notes on results
· Wednesday we are presenting results from all 14 districts.
· 3,129 polling station results have now been entered into the results database. This represents 50.8% of all polling stations across the country. Please note that there are still 3,028 polling stations pending.
· The average national turnout is currently 72.4%.
· There are 23,935 invalid votes, representing 2.4% of total votes cast.
· Thursday you will have progressive cumulative results with all the new official results added to today’s total.
· The detailed results, by station and by centre, will be posted on the NEC website immediately after this press conference: www.necsierraleone.org.
· Our next press conference will be, Thursday 13 September, here at the NEC media centre at 6:00 pm.
Christiana Thorpe, Chairperson, National Electoral Commission.
Presidential Elections Results by District
| Kailahun Ernest Koroma(APC)—10,036 Solomon Berewa(SLPP)—32,241 | Kenema Koroma—22,702 Berewa—71,016 |
| Kono Koroma—39,416 Berewa—45,726 | Bombali Koroma—66,435 Berewa—8,201 |
| Kambia Koroma—36,240 Berewa—10,300 | Koinadugu Koroma—14,597 Berewa—8,911 |
| Port Loko Koroma—51,314 Berewa—9,952 | Tonkolili Koroma—51,314 Berewa—10,024 |
| Bo Koroma—37,577 Berewa—65,039 | Bonthe Koroma—12,353 Berewa—20,530 |
| Moyamba Koroma—15,919 Berewa—26,246 | Pujehun Koroma—5,027 Berewa—11,675 |
| WA Rural Koroma—13,438 Berewa—4,446 | WA Urban Koroma—163,727 Berewa—75,911 |
| Totals Koroma—564,927 Berewa—400,218 |
