Alhaji Amadu Jalloh is a politician in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

. He contested the 1996 presidential election as a member of the National Democratic Alliance

National Democratic Alliance (Sierra Leone)

The National Democratic Alliance is a political party in Sierra Leone. In the August 2007 general election, the party did not win any seats in parliament, and its presidential candidate, Amadu Jalloh , won only 17,748 votes, 0.96% of the total....

, where he finished in 8th place with 2.3% of the first round voting. He ran again as the NDA candidate in the August 2007 presidential election

Sierra Leonean general election, 2007

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, receiving 0.96% of the vote and fifth place.

On August 27, 2007, Jalloh announced his party's support for second place candidate Solomon Berewa

Solomon Berewa

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 of the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party

Sierra Leone People's Party

Sierra Leone People's Party is one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, along with the All People's Congress .-Formation:...

 (SLPP) in the second round of the election. He denounced claims that he had allied with the opposition All People's Congress

All People's Congress

The All People's Congress is one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, the other is the Sierra Leone People's Party . The party was founded in 1960 by Pa Mucktarru Kallay, Allieu Badarr Koroma,Alhaji Sheik Gibril Sesay C A Kamara-Taylor, S A T Koroma and Abu Bakarr S Bangura...

 (APC) based on a photograph of himself with APC leader Ernest Bai Koroma

Ernest Bai Koroma

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 and People's Movement for Democratic Change

People's Movement for Democratic Change

The People's Movement for Democratic Change is a liberal party in Sierra Leone. It is a breakaway faction of the Sierra Leone People's Party . It was officially registered on 19 January 2006...

 (PMDC) leader Charles Margai

Charles Margai

Charles Francis Kondo Margai is a Sierra Leonean lawyer and politician. He is the leader of the People's Movement for Democratic Change the third major political party in Sierra Leone, after the big two, the Sierra Leone People's Party and the All People's Congress . He was his party's candidate...

, which he said was taken after a consultative meeting between the parties.