List of Members of the Gambian Parliament (2017-2022)

5th Gambian National Assembly (2017-2022)
houses of Parliament	National Assembly
choice	General election 2017
Election date	April 6, 2017
Members	58
Public officials
Speaker of Parliament	Mariam Jack-Denton
Deputy Speaker of Parliament	Momodou LK Sanneh
Majority Leader	Kebba K. Barrow
Minority Leader	Samba Jallow

This is a list of the members of the Gambian Parliament (2017-2022) . The parliament in the West African state of Gambia consists of 58 members. 53 candidates were directly elected in the 2017 parliamentary elections, with five additional members appointed by the President.

Members of Parliament

Elected Members of Parliament

	Surname	Political party	Constituency	Administrative unit	annotation
	Muhammed Ndow	PPP	Banjul Central	Banjul
	Fatoumatta Njai	PPP	Banjul South	Banjul
	Ousman Sillah	PDOIS	Banjul North	Banjul
	Assan Touray	UDP	Bakau	Kanifing
	Alhagie Drammeh	UDP	Yeshwang	Kanifing
	Halifa Sallah (* 1953)	PDOIS	Serrekunda	Kanifing
	Madi MK Ceesay (born 1957)	UDP	Serekunda West	Kanifing
	Fatoumatta K. Jawara (* 1983)	UDP	Tallinding Kujang	Kanifing
	Bakary Njie	UDP	Bundungka Kunda	Kanifing
	Saikou Marong	UDP	Latrikunda Sabijie	Kanifing
	Sank Jammeh	APRC	Foni Jarrol	West coast
	Sunkary Badjie	APRC	Foni Berefet	West coast
	Kaddy Camara	APRC	Foni Bondali	West coast
	Musa Amul Nyassi	APRC	Foni Kansala	West coast
	Momodou Camara	APRC	Foni Bintang	West coast
	Lamin FM Conta	UDP	Combo East	West coast
	Baba Galleh Jallow	UDP	Sanneh Mentereng	West coast
	Abdoulie Ceesay	UDP	Old Yundum	West coast
	Saikouba Jarju	UDP	Busumbala	West coast
	Kebba K. Barrow	UDP	Combo South	West coast
	Lamin J. Sanneh	UDP	Brikama South	West coast
	Alhagie S. Darboe	UDP	Brikama North	West coast
	Kajali Fofana	UDP	Jarra West	Mansa Konko
	Kebba Jallow	GDC	Jarra Central	Mansa Konko
	Sainey Touray	UDP	Jarra East	Mansa Konko
	Yaya Gassama	UDP	Kiang East	Mansa Konko
	Bakary Camara	UDP	Kiang Central	Mansa Konko
	Fakebba NL Colley	UDP	Kiang West	Mansa Konko
	Mahtarr M. Jeng	UDP	Lower Niumi	Kerevan
	Omar Darboe	UDP	Upper Niumi	Kerevan
	Salifu Jawo	GDC	Jokadu	Kerevan
	Alhagie Jawara	UDP	Lower Badibu	Kerevan
	Sulayman Saho	UDP	Central Badibu	Kerevan
	Dembo KM Camara	UDP	Illiasa	Kerevan
	Ousman Touray	NRP	Sabach Sanjal	Kerevan
	Momodou Ceesay	UDP	Janjanbureh	Janjanbureh
	Demba Sowe (1972-2020)	GDC	Niamina West	Janjanbureh	died on January 24, 2020
	Omar Ceesay (* 1992)	GDC	Niamina East	Janjanbureh
	Samba Jallow	NRP	Niamina Dankunku	Janjanbureh
	Alhagie Darboe	UDP	Lower Fulladu West	Janjanbureh
	Dawda Kawsu Jawara	UDP	Upper Fulladu West	Janjanbureh
	Sainey Jawara	NRP	Lower Saloum	Janjanbureh
	Alhagie Mbow	NRP	Upper Saloum	Janjanbureh
	Alhagie FB Sillah	UDP	Niani	Janjanbureh
	Amadou Camara	NRP	Nianija	Janjanbureh
	Alfusainey Ceesay	UDP	Sami	Janjanbureh
	Alhagie H. Sowe	GDC	Jimara	Bass
	Muhammed Magassy (* 1977)	Independent	Bass	Bass
	Foday NM Drammeh	UDP	Tumana	Bass
	Muhammed Mahanera	UDP	Sandu	Bass
	Suwaibou Touray	PDOIS	Wuli East	Bass
	Sidia Jatta (* 1945)	PDOIS	Wuli West	Bass
	Billay G. Tunkara	UDP	Cantora	Bass

Appointed Members of Parliament

Five more members of parliament were appointed by the president.

	Surname	Political party	annotation
	Mariam Jack-Denton (* 1955)	UDP	Speaker of Parliament
	Momodou LK Sanneh (* 1942)	UDP	Deputy Speaker of Parliament
	Majanko Samusa	UDP
	Ndey Yassin Secka-Sallah	PDOIS
	Kumba Jaiteh	UDP	Replaced by Foday Gassama on March 4, 2019 .
	Foday Gassama	UDP	Replaced Kumba Jaiteh on March 4, 2019 .

Public officials

• Spokesman for the majority faction ( English Majority Leader ): Kebba K. Barrow (UDP)
• Speaker of the minority group ( English Minority Leader ): Samba Jallow (NRP)
• Speaker of Parliament : Mariam Jack-Denton (UDP)
• Deputy Speaker of Parliament: Momodou LK Sanneh (UDP)

See also : List of Speakers of Parliament from Gambia

Changes

	Constituency	Official					Successor in office
		date	Surname	Political party		annotation	By-election date	Surname	Political party
1	Appointed Member	Feb 25, 2019	Kumba Jaiteh		UDP	Appointment withdrawn by the President	(appointed) Mar 4 2019 0	Foday Gassama		UDP
2	Niamina West	Jan. 24, 2020	Demba Sowe		GDC	deceased

Abbreviations and acronyms

APRC	Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
GDC	Gambia Democratic Congress
NRP	National Reconciliation Party
PDOIS	People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism
PPP	People's Progressive Party
UDP	United Democratic Party
NAM	National Assembly Member

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gambia: President Barrow's Nominees for the National Assembly . In: Government of the Gambia (Banjul) . April 12, 2017 ( allafrica.com ).
2. ^ President Adama Barrow Nominates Five National Assembly Members - GAINAKO . In: GAINAKO . April 11, 2017 ( gainako.com ).
3. ↑ Lamin Njie: Breaking: Barrow Picks Foday Gassama to Replace Sacked Ya Kumba Jaiteh. In: fatunetwork.net. 2019, Retrieved March 4, 2019 (American English).