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1977 Sierra Leonean parliamentary election

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was the only party with a candidate). In a campaign marred by violence, elections in eight constituencies were not held on the day of the election, but were contested at a later date.
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with the APC as the sole legal party. Elections were held under this system in 1982, 1985 and 1986.
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seats were contested (in the remaining 36 directly elected and 11 indirectly elected seats, the
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In the election itself, only 41 of the directly elected and one of the indirectly elected
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on 6 May 1977. They were the last multi-party elections held in the country until
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in 1991 returned the country to multi-party politics, and the
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation
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approved a new constitution that made the country a
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Index

Sierra Leonean parliamentary election, 1977
Politics of Sierra Leone

Constitution
Human rights
President
list
Julius Maada Bio
Vice-President
Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh
Chief Minister
list
Jacob Jusu Saffa
Cabinet
Parliament
Speaker
Abass Bundu
Members of Parliament
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Chief Justice
A. H. Charm
Human rights
Elections
Political parties
2012
2018
2023
Administrative divisions
Provinces

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