President Scheduled
14–24 Oct 2028
Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Freetown time.
- Polls close
- First count by
- Counted by
- Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone
- Results page
ec.gov.sl
Sierra Leone general election 2028
Polling day Date not yet official. 2 races. Counted by Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone. Times are Freetown time; hover for UTC.
Parliament Scheduled
14 Oct – 2 Nov 2028
Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Freetown time.
- Polls close
- First count by
- Counted by
- Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone
- Results page
ec.gov.sl
President
13 Oct20 Oct
Election-night count
Election-night count: Thu 12 Oct, 17:00 → Sun 15 Oct, 23:59, precedent.
Final result
Final result: Sat 14 Oct, 00:00 → Tue 24 Oct, 23:59, precedent.
Stage windows and their sources
- Election-night count→precedentPolls close at 17:00 local (Public Elections Act 2022 s.50(1); ECSL may allow a later time, and voters in line at the close may still vote, s.50(2)). Sierra Leone keeps GMT (UTC+0) all year, so the close is 17:00 UTC. Ballots are counted at each polling station and tallied at regional tally centres (s.51). Precedent from 2023 (polling Sat 24 Jun): ECSL released partial presidential results with about 60% of votes counted on Mon 26 Jun 2023, and said they 'do not represent the complete outcome' (Al Jazeera, 26 Jun 2023). That was day 2. The window closes at the end of day 3, an ESTIMATE. Partial figures, not the declared result.
- Final result→precedentThe National Returning Officer, ECSL's Chief Electoral Commissioner (Constitution s.45), tallies the results 'as soon as possible' and declares them (Public Elections Act 2022 s.51(2)). Neither the Act nor the Constitution sets a deadline. Precedents: 2023 declared Tue 27 Jun 2023, day 3 after the 24 Jun vote (ECSL statement dated 27 Jun 2023, https://ec.gov.sl/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-Presidential-election-result.pdf). It covered 11,712 polling stations, 98.98%; it excluded 120 stations as unable to 'materially affect the outcome'. In 2018, under the predecessor body (NEC), the first round of 7 Mar was announced on 13 Mar, day 6 (press reports). The 31 Mar runoff was declared 'four days after the vote' (Africanews, 12 Apr 2018). The window opens at the start of day 2, an ESTIMATED floor. It closes at the end of 24 Oct 2028 (day 12), twice the slowest precedent, because the law sets no deadline. A candidate is elected only with at least 55% of valid votes (Constitution s.42(2)(e)). Otherwise the declaration names the two candidates for the second round (see sierra-leone-general-2028-r2). The winner takes office on the day of the declaration or when the predecessor's term ends, whichever is later (s.42(3); Act s.53). A voter may petition the Supreme Court within 7 days of the declaration (Act s.54(1)), but the Court does not have to confirm the result and has no decision deadline, so there is no court-validation stage.
Results sources
| URL | Role | Kind | Can answer a results question | Last check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ec.gov.sl/declarations/ | results-final | other | no | |
| ayvnews.com/general-election-set-for-october-12-2028/ | timetable | other | no | |
| constituteproject.org/constitution/Sierra_Leone_2013 | timetable | other | no | |
| unipsil.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/old_dnn/200113slconstitution_amend.pdf | timetable | other | no | |
| sierralii.gov.sl/akn/sl/act/2022/17/eng@2022-09-20 | timetable | other | no | |
| riotimesonline.com/sierra-leone-constitutional-reform-supreme-court-bio-2026/ | see-also | other | no | |
| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Sierra_Leone | see-also | other | no | |
| ec.gov.sl | authority-home | emb home | no |
Parliament
12 Oct19 Oct26 Oct2 Nov
Final result
Final result: Sat 14 Oct, 00:00 → Thu 2 Nov, 23:59, precedent.
Stage windows and their sources
- Final result→precedentPolls close at 17:00 local, 17:00 UTC (Public Elections Act 2022 s.50(1); Sierra Leone keeps GMT all year). Seats: 135 ordinary members were elected on 24 Jun 2023. With 14 Paramount Chief Members, elected separately on 20 May 2023, Parliament has 149 members (ECSL Annual Report 2023). The 135 is PROVISIONAL for 2028: the electoral system and seat allocation are not yet fixed. 2023 used district block proportional representation by presidential direction under Constitution s.38A, with an 11.9% district threshold in 2023. A national dialogue on PR or first-past-the-post was held (ECSL PPLC minutes, 27 Aug 2025). A pending constitutional amendment would make PR permanent (unsigned on 2 Oct 2026). Paramount Chief Members are elected on a separate day and are not part of this race. Precedent 2023: the National Returning Officer declared each district's seat allocation in documents dated 1 Jul 2023, day 7 after the 24 Jun vote (https://ec.gov.sl/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/RESULTS-FOR-MP-JUNE-24-2023-ELECTIONS.pdf). The window opens at the start of day 2, an ESTIMATED floor. It closes at the end of 2 Nov 2028 (day 21), three times the 2023 span, because the law sets no deadline and a change of electoral system could slow the count. No court confirms the result, so there is no court-validation stage.
Results sources
| URL | Role | Kind | Can answer a results question | Last check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ec.gov.sl/declarations/ | results-final | other | no | |
| ayvnews.com/general-election-set-for-october-12-2028/ | timetable | other | no | |
| constituteproject.org/constitution/Sierra_Leone_2013 | timetable | other | no | |
| unipsil.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/old_dnn/200113slconstitution_amend.pdf | timetable | other | no | |
| sierralii.gov.sl/akn/sl/act/2022/17/eng@2022-09-20 | timetable | other | no | |
| riotimesonline.com/sierra-leone-constitutional-reform-supreme-court-bio-2026/ | see-also | other | no | |
| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Sierra_Leone | see-also | other | no | |
| ec.gov.sl | authority-home | emb home | no |
Cite, embed, correct
Global Election Index, “Sierra Leone general election 2028”, https://electionindex.org/election/sierra-leone-general-2028, dataset 2026-10-02.be7d6f40. CC BY 4.0.
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Questions and answers
- When is the Sierra Leone general election 2028?
- Polling day is 2028-10-12, not yet officially confirmed.
- When will the final result of the President race be official?
- Expected between 2028-10-14T00:00:00Z and 2028-10-24T23:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The National Returning Officer, ECSL's Chief Electoral Commissioner (Constitution s.45), tallies the results 'as soon as possible' and declares them (Public Elections Act 2022 s.51(2)). Neither the Act nor the Constitution sets a deadline. Precedents: 2023 declared Tue 27 Jun 2023, day 3 after the 24 Jun vote (ECSL statement dated 27 Jun 2023, https://ec.gov.sl/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-Presidential-election-result.pdf). It covered 11,712 polling stations, 98.98%; it excluded 120 stations as unable to 'materially affect the outcome'. In 2018, under the predecessor body (NEC), the first round of 7 Mar was announced on 13 Mar, day 6 (press reports). The 31 Mar runoff was declared 'four days after the vote' (Africanews, 12 Apr 2018). The window opens at the start of day 2, an ESTIMATED floor. It closes at the end of 24 Oct 2028 (day 12), twice the slowest precedent, because the law sets no deadline. A candidate is elected only with at least 55% of valid votes (Constitution s.42(2)(e)). Otherwise the declaration names the two candidates for the second round (see sierra-leone-general-2028-r2). The winner takes office on the day of the declaration or when the predecessor's term ends, whichever is later (s.42(3); Act s.53). A voter may petition the Supreme Court within 7 days of the declaration (Act s.54(1)), but the Court does not have to confirm the result and has no decision deadline, so there is no court-validation stage.
- When will the final result of the Parliament race be official?
- Expected between 2028-10-14T00:00:00Z and 2028-11-02T23:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. Polls close at 17:00 local, 17:00 UTC (Public Elections Act 2022 s.50(1); Sierra Leone keeps GMT all year). Seats: 135 ordinary members were elected on 24 Jun 2023. With 14 Paramount Chief Members, elected separately on 20 May 2023, Parliament has 149 members (ECSL Annual Report 2023). The 135 is PROVISIONAL for 2028: the electoral system and seat allocation are not yet fixed. 2023 used district block proportional representation by presidential direction under Constitution s.38A, with an 11.9% district threshold in 2023. A national dialogue on PR or first-past-the-post was held (ECSL PPLC minutes, 27 Aug 2025). A pending constitutional amendment would make PR permanent (unsigned on 2 Oct 2026). Paramount Chief Members are elected on a separate day and are not part of this race. Precedent 2023: the National Returning Officer declared each district's seat allocation in documents dated 1 Jul 2023, day 7 after the 24 Jun vote (https://ec.gov.sl/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/RESULTS-FOR-MP-JUNE-24-2023-ELECTIONS.pdf). The window opens at the start of day 2, an ESTIMATED floor. It closes at the end of 2 Nov 2028 (day 21), three times the 2023 span, because the law sets no deadline and a change of electoral system could slow the count. No court confirms the result, so there is no court-validation stage.
- Where are the official President results?
- No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (https://ec.gov.sl/).
- Where are the official Parliament results?
- No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (https://ec.gov.sl/).