PRESS RELEASES
5th JULY 2023 – ANALYSIS OF OFFICIAL RESULTS RELEASED BY THE ECSL
As a component of its comprehensive observation strategy for the 2023 General Elections, NEW has undertaken analysis of official results data released by the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) to complement direct observation of pre-election and election-day processes and the Process and Results Verification for Transparency (PRVT).
NATIONAL ELECTION WATCH PRVT METHODOLOGY
National Election Watch’s (NEW’s) core mandate is to observe all public elections and provide to Sierra Leonean citizens, an independent and objective assessment of the processes and outcomes.
27th JUNE 2023 – INDEPENDENT NON-PARTISAN ASSESSMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS STATEMENT
27th JUNE 2023 – PRVT UPDATE: PARTIAL ELECTION RESULTS RELEASED BY ECSL
Based on the information issued by the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone yesterday afternoon regarding partial election results from 60% of polling stations across the country, and using the disaggregated data by district, National Election Watch is able to confirm that, so far, the portion of results announced by the electoral commission match NEW’s PRVT when taking into account an equal portion of the PRVT results.
25th JUNE 2023 – PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
VOTING ENDS LARGELY PEACEFULLY WITH CITIZENS’ RESILIENCE AMIDST OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES IN SOME AREAS
NEW MID-DAY SITUATIONAL STATEMENT 24th June 2023
ELECTION DAY BEGINS WITH LATE OPENING OF POLLING STATIONS AND MISSING MATERIALS IN SOME AREAS
23rd JUNE 2023 – PRE-ELECTION STATEMENT
AS SIERRA LEONE VOTES ON SATURDAY JUNE 24, NEW DEPLOYS OBSERVERS NATIONWIDE
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown 15th June 2023: ECSL Conducts Early Voting, Amidst Concerns About Procedures and Compliance with the Public Elections (Early Voting) Regulations 2023
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown 8th May 2023. NEW Deploys Long-Term Observers Ahead of June 24th, 2023
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown12th April 2023:The Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) commences the distribution of voter registration cards with citizens raising concerns over the quality of the cards
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown 7th October 2022: Documentary Proof Left a Number of Adults Unregistered
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown 28th September 2022:SecondPhase Registration of Voters Underway with Improved Performance by ECSL, But Marred by Inconsistencies in the Registration of Potential First Time Voters
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown 6th September 2022: ECSL Starts Voter Registration as Scheduled but Some Registration Centres Did not Open on the first Day
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown, 27th June 2022: ECSL Conducts Six Bye-elections on Saturday 25th June 2022; NEW observed No Major Incidence of Violence But There was a High Rate of Invalid Votes.
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown, 22 nd June 2022: NEW Concludes Pre-election Assessment in Constituency 056 and 5 Wards ahead of Bye-elections on Saturday 25th June 2022 and conducted fact finding into the violence in Constituency 056
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown, 2nd June 2022: NEW’s Position on the Provisional Results of the Controversial 2021 Mid-Term Population and Housing Census
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown, 21st March 2022: NEW Concludes Pre-election Assessment in Constituencies 005 and 073 and Identifies Positive Steps by Political Parties to Consolidate Peace Ahead of Bye-elections
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown, 14th March 2022: NEW Notes the Timely Proclamation of Presidential and Parliamentary Elections Dates
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown Wednesday 17th November 2021: NEW calls on the National Electoral Commission Sierra Leone (NEC-SL) to stand by its earlier decision to countermand the results of Ward 091 Kono District and further recommends that a re-run of the bye election be done for the affected center.
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown, 15th November 2021: NEC Conducts Bye-elections in Ward 069 and Ward 091
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown, 3 rd November 2021: NEW Concludes Pre-election Assessment and Identifies Logistical Challenges for Policing the Elections
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown, 4th October 2021: Koinadugu Bye-elections Marred by Widespread Political Intimidation, Incidents of Thuggery and Suspension of Tallying...
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown, 24th September 2021: NEW Ends Pre-election Assessment in Koinadugu District and Identifies Interference of Non-indigenes as the Main Cause for Electoral Violence in the District
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown, 28th June 2021: NEC Conducts Bye-election in Ward 350, Pujehun District with High Voter Turnout and visible Police Presence
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown, 3rd June 2021: NCRA Commences Confirmation and Registration Exercise in the Northern Region with Some improvement but Serious Challenges in Bombali District
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Freetown 15th May 2021: NEW Observes the 10th Day – the Initial Last Day of NCRA Confirmation and Registration Exercise in the Western Region and Confirms that there are Outstanding Number of Unattended Applicants.
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Freetown, 6th May 2021: First Day of NCRA Confirmation and Registration Exercise in the Western Region Shows Inadequate Planning and Lack of Public Awareness
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Freetown, 19th April 2021: NEC Conducts Peaceful Bye-election in Ward 405 with High level Police Presence
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Freetown, Tuesday, 9th March 2021: NEC Conducts Peaceful Bye-election in Ward 192, Khonimaka Chiefdom in Kambia District
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Freetown, 1stMarch 2021: NEC Conducts Peaceful Bye-elections in Constituency 010 and Ward 012 in Kailahun District after Campaigns Marred by Political Violence and Intimidation
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Freetown, 13th December 2020: NEC Conducts Re-run and Bye-elections with No Incidence of Violence
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown, 12th December 2020: Statement on Voting, Closing and Counting on the Re-run and Bye-elections.
Press Statement for Immediate Release
Freetown, 12th December 2020: 1:00pm Statement on the Re-run and Bye-elections
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Freetown Monday 7 th December 2020: NEC Conducts Peaceful Village Head Bye-Elections in the Western Area Rural District.
NEW PRESS RELEASE 11TH NOVEMBER 2020
Politicians Scramble over Completion of Goderich Community Centre
NEW PRESS RELEASE 26TH OCTOBER 2020
NEW’s Position on the Postponement of the Mid-term Census
NEW PRESS RELEASE 29TH JULY 2020
NEW’s Position on the Repeal of Part V of the Public Order Act, Proclamation of a Mid-term Census and Funding for NEC.
The European Union and the National Election Watch renew their partnership in support to democratization in Sierra Leone
Freetown, 2 June 2020: The Vice-President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, the Ambassador of the European Union to Sierra Leone, Tom Vens, and the Chairperson of the National Election Watch (NEW) Marcella Samba Sesay, launched a new two-year partnership programme between the EU and NEW to promote governance reforms and democratization in Sierra Leone
Freetown, 14th September, 2019: Constituency 040 Parliamentary Bye-Election Ends Peacefully, But NEW Calls For More Strict Enforcement of Security Regulations
National Election Watch (NEW) applauds the peaceful conduct of the parliamentary Bye-Election in Constituency 040 in Falaba District held on Saturday 14 September 2019 by the National Electoral Commission (NEC).
Freetown, 14th September, 2019: Constituency 040 Parliamentary Bye-Election Ends Peacefully, But NEW Calls for More Strict Enforcement of Security Regulation
National Election Watch (NEW) applauds the peaceful conduct of the parliamentary Bye-Election in Constituency 040 in Falaba District held on Saturday 14 September 2019 by the National Electoral Commission (NEC).
Freetown, Friday 8th February, 2019: NEW urges EMBs, the Government of Sierra Leone and related Agencies to step up the healing process in Tonko Limba before the March 2 Re-run bye-elections in Ward 196
National Election Watch (NEW) is urging Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) i.e. the National Electoral Commission (NEC) and the Political Party Registration Commission (PPRC), the Government of Sierra Leone, Office of National Security and the Sierra Leone Police to step up efforts to address the concerns and nervousness of the people of Tonko Limba in Kambia district before the re-run of the bye-elections in Ward 196 scheduled for Saturday 2 March 2019.
Freetown, 30th September, 2019: Ward 242 Election in Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom, Port Loko District Ended Peacefully.
National Election Watch (NEW) applauds NEC and all stakeholders for the peaceful conduct and conclusion of polls in Ward 242, Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom, Port Loko District on Saturday, 28th September 2019.
Koya bye-election registers low voter turn-out
National Election Watch (NEW) observed the bye-election conducted by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) in ward 257, Constituency 072 in Koya chiefdom, Port Loko district, on Saturday 20 April 2019.
Freetown Sierra Leone, 30th September, 2018: Bye Election in Ward 196 Constituency 58 Tonko Limba Chiefdom Kambia District marred by Gross Intimidation, Thuggery and Excessive Violence- Polls cancelled.
NEW endorses the decision of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) to cancel the bye election held in Ward 196, Constituency 58, Tonko Limba Chiefdom, Kambia District held on Saturday 29th September 2018.
National Electoral Commission (NEC) on June 16th 2018 conducted elections for 5 multi-member wards in Port Loko and Makeni city councils and Bonthe Municipality where under nomination of candidates was done for the March 7th 2018 Local Council Elections.
National Electoral Commission (NEC) on June 16th 2018 conducted elections for 5 multi-member wards in Port Loko and Makeni city councils and Bonthe Municipality where under nomination of candidates was done for the March 7th 2018 Local Council Elections.
Constituency 040 Parliamentary Bye-Election Ends Peacefully, But NEW Calls For More Strict Enforcement of Security Regulations
National Election Watch (NEW) applauds the peaceful conduct of the parliamentary Bye-Election in Constituency 040 in Falaba District held on Saturday 14th September 2019 by the National Electoral Commission (NEC).
Constituency 040 Parliamentary Bye-Election Ends Peacefully, But NEW Calls For More Strict Enforcement of Security Regulations
NEW DISTURBED BY VIOLENCE IN CONSTITUENCY 043 BYE-ELECTION
NEW Condemns NEC’s Cancellation of Parliamentary Bye-Elections in Constituency 110 and calls for Immediate De-escalation of Election-related Violence in Sierra Leone
Bye-Elections in Kono and Kambia Districts end peacefully but with low voter turnout and few incidents.
NEW Worried Over Election Violence Exhibited in the Bye-Election in Ward 210
Ward 242 Election in Kaffu Bullom Port Loko District Ended Peacefully
NEC Conducts Bye-elections in Falaba and Koinadugu Districts