General elections were held in the Gambia

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....

 in 1960, following the implementation of a new constitution, which created a House of Representatives. The new legislative had 27 elected seats, twelve seats were elected in the protectorate, seven in the colony (Bathurst

Banjul

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 and Kombo St Mary) and eight by chiefs. In addition to the 27 elected members, the Governor-general, the Speaker (appointed by the governor-general after consultation with council members), the Civil Secretary, the Financial Secretary, the Attorney General and the Commissioner for Local Government and not more than three nominated members.

In the election, 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...

 and 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...

 won eight seats each, with the PPP winning a majority of seats in the protectorate. United Party leader Pierre Sarr N'Jie

Pierre Sarr N'Jie

Pierre Sarr N'Jie was Chief Minister of The Gambia from March 1961 to 12 June 1962. Pierre Sarr N'Jie was head of the United Party ....

 became the country's first Chief Minister in March the following year, appointed by Governor-general Edward Windley after a majority of chiefs supported him.

Results

Party	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...	8
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...	8
Democratic Congress Alliance Democratic Congress Alliance The Democratic Congress Alliance was a political party in the Gambia. It was formed in the run-up to the 1960 general election by a merger of the Democratic Party and the Muslim Congress Party. It won three seats...	3
Other parties and independents	8
Total	27