Question: who won the 2018 election in sierra leone
Answer: 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 .