Mohamed Sillah
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Mohamed Yahya Sillah is Leader and National Chairman of National Alliance Democratic Party (NADP)in Sierra Leone. He competed in the 1996 Presidential elections in Sierra Leone under the banner of the National Alliance Democratic Party(NADP). He was very new on the political scene in Sierra Leone at the time. He became one of only thirteen political leaders that qualified to contest the Presidential and Parliamentary elections in 1996. He received only 0.5% of the vote (3,723 total votes), good for 13th place.He potested the election results but later suspended his protest for the sake of peace.
[edit] Presidential Election Results
| Candidate (Party) | First Round (26-27 February 1996) |
Second Round (15 March 1996) |
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| Number of Votes | % of Votes | Number of Votes | % of Votes | ||
| Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (Sierra Leone People's Party) | 266,893 | 35.8% | 608,419 | 59.5% | |
| John Karefa-Smart (United National People's Party) | 168,666 | 22.6% | 414,335 | 40.5% | |
| Thaimu Bangura (People's Democratic Party) | 119,782 | 16.1% | - | - | |
| John Karimu (National Unity Party) | 39,617 | 5.3% | - | - | |
| Edward Turay (All People's Congress) | 38,316 | 5.1% | - | - | |
| Abu Aiah Koroma (Democratic Centre Party) | 36,779 | 4.9% | - | - | |
| Abass Bundu (People's Progressive Party) | 21,557 | 2.9% | - | - | |
| Amadu Jalloh (National Democratic Alliance) | 17,335 | 2.3% | - | - | |
| Edward Kargbo (People's National Convention) | 15,798 | 2.1% | - | - | |
| Desmond Luke (National Unity Movement) | 7,918 | 1.1% | - | - | |
| Andrew Lungay (Social Democratic Party) | 5,202 | 0.7% | - | - | |
| Andrew Turay (National People's Party) | 3,925 | 0.5% | - | - | |
| Mohamed Sillah (National Alliance Democratic Party) | 3,723 | 0.5% | - | - | |
| Total Votes | 745,511 | 1,022,754 | |||
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