All Peoples Congress
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All People's Congress
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| Leader | Ernest Bai Koroma |
| Chairperson | Ernest Bai Koroma |
| Secretary-General | Alhaji Osman Foday Yansaneh |
| Spokesperson | Alhaji Alpha Kanu |
| Founder | Siaka Stevens |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Headquarters | 26 Railray Line, Brookfields Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Ideology |
African nationalism Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left to Left-wing |
| Colors | Red |
| Seats in Parliament |
67 / 112
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| District Councils Chairperson |
7 / 13
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| Municipalities Mayors |
3 / 6
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| Website | |
| www.apcparty.org | |
The All People's Congress is one of two major political parties in Sierra Leone, the other being the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). The party was founded in 1960 by a breakaway group from the Sierra Leone People's Party who vehemently opposed the idea of election before independence, but instead supported the idea of independence before elections. The APC governed the country from 1968 to 1992, and became the ruling party again in 2007, after the party presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma won the 2007 presidential election.
Following a heavily manipulated plebiscite in 1978, the APC became the sole legal party in the country, a status it retained until 1991. Presidents Siaka Stevens and Joseph Saidu Momoh were members of the APC. Momoh was overthrown in a military coup in 1992, and during the long civil war that followed, the party was severely weakened.
In the parliamentary election held on 14 May 2002, the party won 19.8% of popular votes and 22 out of 112 seats. Its candidate in the presidential elections, Ernest Bai Koroma, won 22.3% of the vote; he was defeated by Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP).
For several years Koroma's leadership was challenged by some in the party, who took the issue to court; the dispute was said to be resolved in April 2007, with Koroma being accepted by party dissidents as the party's leader ahead of the 2007 election. He was the party's candidate for president in the election, the first round of which was held in August 2007. In the first round he took first place with 44.3% of the vote, ahead of Solomon Berewa of the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) with 38.3%, but did not receive enough votes to win outright, and a second round was necessary. In the parliamentary election, held concurrently with the presidential first round, the APC won 59 out of 112 seats and became the largest party in Parliament.
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