Elections in the Gambia

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Elections in The Gambia gives information on election and election results in Gambia.

Gambia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly has 53 members, 48 members elected for a five-year term and 4 members appointed. Gambia is a one party dominant state with the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

Latest elections

2007 Legislative Elections

On January 25, 2007 parliamentary elections were held, the results of which will go to constitute the legislature for the next five years. President Yahya Jammeh's Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) party secured 42 out of 48 seats.

 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.

2006 Presidential election

Main article: Gambian presidential election, 2006

 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

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• African Elections Database