Politics of The Gambia - Political Parties and Elections

Political Parties and Elections

For other political parties see List of political parties in The Gambia. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in The Gambia.
e • d Summary of the 25 January 2007 National Assembly of the Gambia election results
Parties Votes % Seats +/-
Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) 157,392 59.7 42 –3
United Democratic Party (UDP) 57,545 21.8 4 +4 ¹
National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD)
  • National Democratic Action Movement
  • National Reconciliation Party
  • People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism
  • People's Progressive Party (PPP)
 29,773 11.3 1 –2 ²
Independents 18,751 7.1 1 +1
APRC (appointed by the president) 5 0
Total 263,461 100.0 53 —
The UDP boycotted the 2002 elections.

The NADD lost in comparison to the combined number of seats of the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) with two seats and the National Reconciliation Party (NRP) with one seat.
e • d Summary of the 22 September 2006 presidential election results
Candidates Votes %
Yahya Jammeh (incumbent) Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) 264,404 67.33
Ousainou Darboe United Democratic Party (UDP) 104,808 26.69
Halifa Sallah National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD) 23,473 5.98
Total 392,685 100.0

In August 1996 the government banned the following from participation in the elections of 1996: the People's Progressive Party or PPP, and two opposition parties - the National Convention Party or NCP and the Gambian People's Party or GPP .

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