Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction

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Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Sin foto.svg
A palm tree
against a green background
Party leader Yahya Jammeh / Fabakary Jatta
founding 1996
Headquarters Gambisara White House
Kairaba Avenue
Serekunda - KMC
Colours)
  • green
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    The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) ( German  alliance for patriotic reorientation and construction ) is an authoritarian party in Gambia . The party's motto is: English " Unity, Self Reliance, Progress " = " Unity, independence, progress ".

    history

    Party supporters in September 2006 before the presidential election

    It was founded in 1996 by the officers who participated in the 1994 military coup . It was formed to support Army Leader Yahya Jammeh in the 1996 election campaign for president.

    Jammeh also won the October 18, 2001 presidential election with 53.0 percent of the vote. In the general election for the National Assembly on January 17, 2002, the party won 45 of 48 seats, 33 of them unopposed. The elections were boycotted by the opposition United Democratic Party .

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    After Yahya Jammeh left the Gambia for exile after the 2016 presidential elections and the failure to retain power in January 2017, Fabakary Jatta took over the leadership of the APRC.

    Election results

    Votes and voting shares of the APRC
    in presidential and parliamentary elections
    Election results
    choice year Number of votes Share of votes Seats or
    presidential candidate
    Presidency 1996 000000000220011.0000000000220.011 55.8% Yahya Jammeh
    houses of Parliament 1997 000000000160470.0000000000160,470 52.1% 33 of 45
    Presidency 2001 000000000242302.0000000000242,302 52.8% Yahya Jammeh
    houses of Parliament 2002 approx. 000000000053252.000000000053,252 56.3% 45 of 48
    Presidency 2006 000000000264404.0000000000264,404 67.3% Yahya Jammeh
    houses of Parliament 2007 000000000156573.0000000000156,573 59.6% 42 of 48
    Presidency 2011 000000000470550.0000000000470,550 71.52% Yahya Jammeh
    houses of Parliament 2012 000000000080289.000000000080.289 51.82% 43 of 48
    Presidency 2016 000000000208487.0000000000208,487 39.61% Yahya Jammeh
    houses of Parliament 2017 000000000060331.000000000060,331 15.91% 5 of 53


    Voting shares
    (in %)
    70%
    60%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    0%

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ Independent Electoral Commission ( Memento from September 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
    2. ↑ Ebrima Dampha: Fabakary Tombong Jatta APRC Leader. In: The Standard Newspaper. November 22, 2019, accessed January 11, 2020 (American English).
    3. ↑ http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2215/
    4. ↑ http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/1624/
    5. ↑ http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2574/
    6. ↑ http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2575/
    7. ^ Barrow's party wins Gambia parliamentary election. Deutsche Welle (AFP, Reuters, AP), April 7, 2017, accessed on July 27, 2019 (English).

    Web links

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