List of political parties in Gambia

The list of political parties in Gambia includes the parties in the West African state of Gambia .

The Gambia was a party dominated country. In the parliamentary elections in 2012 , the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction emerged as the strongest force in parliament. Opposition parties are allowed, but have not gained much influence in the past. In 2005, five opposition parties, practically the entire opposition in the country, formed a coalition called the National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD).

In the 2017 parliamentary elections , the previously dominant party lost almost all seats, while the party of the newly elected incumbent President Barrow won an absolute majority of the seats.

For official recognition, parties must register with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). This requires, among other things, 10,000 signatures from voters and a payment of one million dalasi .

Parties

Existing parties

Currently (as of June 13, 2020) 15 parties are registered:

• All People's Party (APP, founded in 2020)
• Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC)
• Citizens' Alliance (CA, founded 2019)
• Gambia Action Party (GAP)
• Gambia Alliance for National Unity (GANU, founded 2020)
• Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC)
• Gambia for All (GFA, founded in 2019)
• Gambia Moral Congress (GMC)
• Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress (GPDP)
• National Convention Party (NCP)
• National People's Party (NPP)
• National Reconciliation Party (NRP)
• People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS)
• People's Progressive Party (PPP)
• United Democratic Party (UDP)

Former, dissolved parties

• Bathurst Young Muslims Society (BYMS)
• Common People's Party (CPP)
• Democratic Congress Alliance (DCA)
• Gambia Congress Party (GCP)
• Gambia Democratic Party (GDP)
• Gambia National League (GNL)
• Gambia National Party (GNP)
• Gambia National Union (GNU)
• Gambia Muslim Congress (GMC)
• Gambian Socialist Revolutionary Party (GSRP)
• Gambian People's Party (1954) (GPP)
• Gambian People's Party (1967) (GPP)
• Gambian People's Party (1987) (GPP)
• National Democratic Action Movement (NDAM)
• National Liberation Party (NLP)
• People's Democratic Party (PDP)
• People's Progressive Alliance (PPA)
• United Party (UP)

Coalitions

• Coalition 2016

Former coalitions

• National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD)
  • National Democratic Action Movement (NDAM)
  • National Reconciliation Party (NRP)
  • People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS)
  • People's Progressive Party (PPP)
  • United Democratic Party (UDP)

See also

• List of political parties by state

Web links

• Independent Electoral Commission - IEC Gambia Registered Parties. In: iec.gm. Accessed July 27, 2019 . 
• Elections in The Gambia. In: tripod.com. africanelections.tripod.com, accessed July 27, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gambia's longstanding opposition wins parliamentary elections. In: dw.com. DW, accessed September 19, 2018 . 
2. ^ Independent Electoral Commission - IEC Gambia "How to Register a Party. Retrieved January 10, 2020 . 
3. ^ Independent Electoral Commission - IEC Gambia Registered Parties. In: iec.gm. Retrieved January 4, 2020 (American English). 
4. ↑ Lamin Njie: Busy IEC registers third political party in just 7 days. In: The Fatu Network. January 6, 2020, accessed January 10, 2020 (American English). 
5. ↑ Kebba Secka, Nelson Manneh: Gambia: IEC Registers New Political Party - Citizens Alliance. December 3, 2019, accessed January 10, 2020 . 
6. ^ IEC registers new political party - The Point Newspaper. In: thepoint.gm. Retrieved June 13, 2020 (American English).