Provisional results published by the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ESCL) showed on Monday that President Julius Bio has taken an early lead in the presidential election in Sierra Leone,
The ESCL said it had so far tallied about 60 per cent of the total votes cast in Saturday’s election.
The first set of results by the electoral commission shows that Mr Bio has 56 per cent of the votes tallied so far while his closest rival, Samura Kamara, of the All People’s Congress (APC), has 42 per cent.
According to the electoral law, in order to win in the first round, a candidate needs more than 55 per cent of total votes cast.
