Thaimu Bangura
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Thaimu Bangura (d. 1999) was a politician from Sierra Leone. He was a government minister from 1980-82 and again from 1996-1999. From 1991-1999, Bangura was the National Leader of the People's Democratic Party of Sierra Leone as well as their presidential candidate in the 1996 elections. In that election, Bangura finished 3rd behind winner and current president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of the SLPP and John Karefa-Smart of the UNPP with 16.07% of the initial round of voting [1]. He did not qualify for the run-off election.
[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 | |||
[edit] External links
- Africanelections article showing results of 1996 election
- Africadatabase listing of Bangura's political posts
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