District census figures and breakdown into parliamentary seats in Sierra Leone
It is 132 seats in Parliament divided by the entire census figures - 7.5 million which is - 57,134 which is called district /census quota, which is in turn divided against the total population census figures for each district. It is as follows :-
1. Kailahun District
545,947 = 9.5 seats
2. Kenema District
772,472 =13.5 seats
3. Kono District
620,703 =10.8 seats
4. Bo District
756,975 =13.5
5, Bonthe District
297,561 =5.2
6. Moyamba District
346,771 =6.0
7. Pujehun District
429,574 = 7.5 seats
8. Port loko District
528,038 =9.2 seats
9. Karene District
290,313 = 5.0 seats
10. Kambia District
367,699 = 6.4 seats
11. Bombali District
387,236 = 6.7 seats
12. Tonkolili District
557,257 = 9.7 seats
13. Koinadugu District
206,133 =3.6 seats
14. Falaba District
166,205 = 2.9 seats
15. Western urban
10.6 seats
16. Western Rural
11.7 seats
Region by Region Breakdown
1. EASTERN REGION
1,939,122 =34 Seats
2. SOUTHERN REGION
1,830,881 = 32 Seats
3.NORTH WEST REGION
1,186,050 = 20.7 Seats
4 NORTH EAST REGION
1,326,831 = 23.2 seats
5. Western urban & rural
1,268,757 =22 seats
Source: Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone
Photo: Mohamed Kenewui Konneh, Chief Electoral Commissioner, Sierra Leone
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