Parliamentary elections were held in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

 on 29 and 30 May 1986. As the country was a single-party state

Single-party state

A single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a type of party system government in which a single political party forms the government and no other parties are permitted to run candidates for election...

 at the time, the All People's Congress

All People's Congress

The All People's Congress is one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, the other is the Sierra Leone People's Party . The party was founded in 1960 by Pa Mucktarru Kallay, Allieu Badarr Koroma,Alhaji Sheik Gibril Sesay C A Kamara-Taylor, S A T Koroma and Abu Bakarr S Bangura...

 was the only party allowed to run. They were the last elections held under the 1978 constitution

Sierra Leonean constitutional referendum, 1978

A constitutional referendum was held in Sierra Leone on 12 July 1978. The changes were aimed at turning the country into a presidential single-party state, with the All People's Congress as the sole legal party. The new constitution had been adopted by parliament in May, and was put to public...

, as a 1991 referendum

Sierra Leonean constitutional referendum, 1991

A referendum on a new constitution was held in Sierra Leone in August 1991. Voting was held over four days . The new constitution would restore multi-party politics, as the country had been a single-party state since the 1978 constitutional referendum.Of the approximately 2.5 million voters,...

 returned the country to multi-party politics.

Background

The elections were held ahead of schedule following the early dissolution of parliament. This was reportedly done in order to "choose a Parliament that would reinforce the "new order" of economic reform and public probity advocated by the new President", Joseph Saidu Momoh

Joseph Saidu Momoh

Major General Joseph Saidu Momoh was the President of Sierra Leone from November, 1985 to April 29, 1992.- Biography :...

.

Since the 1982 elections

Sierra Leonean parliamentary election, 1982

Parliamentary elections were held in Sierra Leone on 1 May 1982. They were the first elections since the country had become a single-party state under the 1978 constitution, with the All People's Congress being the sole legal party.-Background:...

 the parliament had been enlarged from 104 to 127 members, with an additional 20 elected MPs and a further three presidential appointees. The APC nominated 335 candidates to contest the elections, which had been due to be held on 15 and 16 May. There were around 2 million registered voters.

Results

Party	Seats
All People's Congress All People's Congress The All People's Congress is one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, the other is the Sierra Leone People's Party . The party was founded in 1960 by Pa Mucktarru Kallay, Allieu Badarr Koroma,Alhaji Sheik Gibril Sesay C A Kamara-Taylor, S A T Koroma and Abu Bakarr S Bangura...	105
Indirectly elected paramount chief Paramount chief A paramount chief is the highest-level traditional chief or political leader in a regional or local polity or country typically administered politically with a chief-based system. This definition is used occasionally in anthropological and archaeological theory to refer to the rulers of multiple... s	12
Presidential Heads of government of Sierra Leone The following is a list of heads of government of Sierra Leone from 1954 until 1978, when a single party constitution was adopted, and President of Sierra Leone became head of government as well.-Heads of Government of Sierra Leone:-See also:... appointees	10
Total	127