Gambia Congress Party

Gambia Congress Party
Party leader	IM Garba-Jahumpa
founding	October 1962

The Gambia Congress Party (GCP) was a political party in Gambia .

history

Political differences between Ibrahima Momodou Garba-Jahumpa and Reverend John Colley Faye and led to the dissolution of the Democratic Congress Alliance . Garba-Jahumpa continued his path in the Gambia Congress Party, which was newly founded in October 1962, the rest of the DCA joined the People's Progressive Party (PPP) in 1965 .

The party was dissolved in 1968, its member in the House of Representatives, Garba-Jahumpa, switched to the PPP.

From January 1964 the party brought out the newspaper " African unity ".

Election results

Votes and voting shares of the UP in presidential and parliamentary elections
Election results choice year Number of votes Share of votes Seats or presidential candidate houses of Parliament 1966 2.118 1.7% 1 of 32	Voting shares (in %) 8th% 6% 4% 2% 0% 66

See also

• List of political parties in Gambia
• History of the Gambia

literature

• Arnold Gailey, Harry A. Hughes: Historical Dictionary of the Gambia . The Scarecrow Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8108-3660-2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1968: Gambia . In: Microsoft Encarta Online
2. ↑ ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed September 2008