<P> No presidential candidate received the 55 % of the vote required to win in the first round , meaning a second round of voting was held on 31 March between the top two candidates , opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People 's Party and Samura Kamara of the ruling All People 's Congress ; the two were separated by under 15,000 votes in the first round . Bio was subsequently elected with 51.8 % of the vote . </P>
<P> No presidential candidate received the 55 % of the vote required to win in the first round , meaning a second round of voting was held on 31 March between the top two candidates , opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People 's Party and Samura Kamara of the ruling All People 's Congress ; the two were separated by under 15,000 votes in the first round . Bio was subsequently elected with 51.8 % of the vote . </P>
who won the 2018 presidential election in sierra leone
who won the 2018 presidential election in sierra leone
opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People 's Party
opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People 's Party