Gambian general election, 1987
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General elections were held in the Gambia
on 11 March 1987. The election date had been announced on 1 January 1987 and nominations for presidential candidates closed on 9 February. A total of 113 candidates ran for the 36 elected seats. Both elections were won by the People's Progressive Party
, whose leader Dawda Jawara
remained president.
The Gambia
The Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west....
on 11 March 1987. The election date had been announced on 1 January 1987 and nominations for presidential candidates closed on 9 February. A total of 113 candidates ran for the 36 elected seats. Both elections were won by the People's Progressive Party
People's Progressive Party (The Gambia)
The People's Progressive Party is a moderate centre-left political party in The Gambia. It was the dominant ruling party from 1965 with president Dawda Jawara. He was elected for a sixth term of office in 1992, but was overthrown in a coup by young army officers in 1994...
, whose leader Dawda Jawara
Dawda Jawara
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, GCMG was the first leader of The Gambia, serving first as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970 and then as President from 1970 to 1994....
remained president.
Presidential election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawda Jawara Dawda Jawara Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, GCMG was the first leader of The Gambia, serving first as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970 and then as President from 1970 to 1994.... |
People's Progressive Party People's Progressive Party (The Gambia) The People's Progressive Party is a moderate centre-left political party in The Gambia. It was the dominant ruling party from 1965 with president Dawda Jawara. He was elected for a sixth term of office in 1992, but was overthrown in a coup by young army officers in 1994... |
123,385 | 58.71% |
| Sheriff Mustapha Dibba Sheriff Mustapha Dibba Sheriff Mustapha Dibba was a veteran Gambian politician who served as the country's National Assembly speaker from 2002 to 2006. He was also leader of the National Convention Party .-Life:... |
National Convention Party National Convention Party (The Gambia) The National Convention Party is a political party in Gambia. It was the main opposition party between 1975 and 1994. It was originally banned from participating in elections after the coup of 1994... |
57,345 | 27.29% |
| Assan Musa Camara Assan Musa Camara Assan Musa Camara is a former politician from The Gambia. He was born in Mansajang Kunda and educated in Catholic schools. He served as Vice President of Dawda Jawara, almost continuously from 1972 to May 1982.... |
Gambian People's Party Gambian People's Party The Gambian People's Party was a political party in The Gambia. It was founded by Assan Musa Camara in 1986. GPP was a splinter-group of the governing People's Progressive Party. The party got 15.5% of the votes in the 1987 parliamentary elections and 7.96% in the 1992 elections, but it never won a... |
29,428 | 14.00% |
| Total | 210,158 | 100% | |
| Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union | |||
Parliamentary election
| Party | % of vote | Seats | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Progressive Party People's Progressive Party (The Gambia) The People's Progressive Party is a moderate centre-left political party in The Gambia. It was the dominant ruling party from 1965 with president Dawda Jawara. He was elected for a sixth term of office in 1992, but was overthrown in a coup by young army officers in 1994... |
54.50% | 31 | +4 | |
| National Convention Party National Convention Party (The Gambia) The National Convention Party is a political party in Gambia. It was the main opposition party between 1975 and 1994. It was originally banned from participating in elections after the coup of 1994... (including the United Party United Party (The Gambia) The United Party was a political party in the Gambia. The party was founded during the colonial period and worked political in the then colony of Bathurst . The party drew support mainly from Roman Catholics. In Banjul it had support mainly amongst the Wolofs, in the rural areas mainly amongst... ) |
28.83% | 5 | +2 | |
| Gambian People's Party Gambian People's Party The Gambian People's Party was a political party in The Gambia. It was founded by Assan Musa Camara in 1986. GPP was a splinter-group of the governing People's Progressive Party. The party got 15.5% of the votes in the 1987 parliamentary elections and 7.96% in the 1992 elections, but it never won a... |
15.50% | 0 | New | |
| People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism The People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism is a radical socialist political party in The Gambia. Its candidate at the presidential elections of 18 October 2001, Sidia Jatta, came fifth with 3.0% of the popular vote... |
1.05% | 0 | New | |
| Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
0.12% | 0 | 0 | |
| Presidential appointees | - | 8 | 0 | |
| Paramount chief Paramount chief A paramount chief is the highest-level traditional chief or political leader in a regional or local polity or country typically administered politically with a chief-based system. This definition is used occasionally in anthropological and archaeological theory to refer to the rulers of multiple... s' representatives |
- | 5 | 0 | |
| Attorney General (ex-officio) | - | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 100% | 50 | +1 | |
| Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union, Edie | ||||