General elections were held in
Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
The Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone (informally British Sierra Leone) was the British colonial administration in Sierra Leone from 1808 to 1961, part of the British Empire from the abolitionism era until the decolonisation era. The Cr ...
in May 1957. A total of 39 seats were up for election, whilst another 12 paramount chiefs were indirectly elected.
The
Sierra Leone People's Party
The Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) is one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, along with its main political rival the All People's Congress (APC). It has been the ruling party in Sierra Leone since April 4, 2018. The SLPP do ...
led by
Milton Margai
Sir Milton Augustus Strieby Margai (7 December 1895 – 28 April 1964) was a Sierra Leonean medical doctor and politician who served as the country's head of government from 1954 until his death in 1964. He was titled chief minister from 1954 ...
won a majority of the elected seats, and gained the support of all 12 chiefs and eight of the ten independents.
[Bundu, A. (2001]
Democracy by Force?: A Study of International Military Intervention in Sierra Leone 1991-2000
p32 Margai led the country to independence in 1961.
Results
By area
References
{{Sierra Leonean elections
Elections in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...
1957 in Sierra Leone