The city is officially known as Koidu City. The mayor of Koidu City and members of the Koidu-New Sembehun city council are directly elected every four years by the residents of Koidu. The current mayor of Koidu Town is Komba Sam of the Coalition 4 Change political partyKomba Sam was narrowly elected mayor of Koidu Town with 49.5% of the votes in the 2018 Koidu Mayoral election over his closest rival of the Sierra Leone People's Party [https://electiondata.io/elected-officials/mayor. Politically, Kodu Town is not a stronghold of any political party, as the city is home to a significantly large support of both the Sierra Leone