British Gambia General Election 1960
The British Gambia general election in 1960 took place in the West African British colony of Gambia in 1960. These elections (also: General elections) were for 19 elected seats in the House of Representatives ( English House of Representatives ).
The People's Progressive Party (PPP) won almost half of the seats. The second strongest force was the United Party (UP).
Electoral process and districts
Before choosing a new stepped Constitution in force and it was the first time the House of Representatives ( English House of Representatives ) elected. The House of Representatives had a total of 27 members, 19 of whom were directly elected. Eight other members were appointed by the chiefs. In addition to the 27 members included the governor general, the spokesman (appointed by the governor general in consultation with the council members), the civil secretary, financial secretary, the attorney general and the commissioner for local government and no more than three nominated members, to the House of Representatives.
The number of constituencies has been compared to the election in 1954 changed significantly. The Gambia colony consisted of the city of Bathurst (the former name of Banjul) and the Kombo-St. Mary Area (also known as the British Combo), seven seats were chosen here. Bathurst was now divided into five constituencies from which five instead of three members were elected. Combo St. Mary was divided and consisted of two constituencies.
For the first time the protectorate was included in the general elections, here twelve seats were elected. So it was divided into two constituencies in the Western area, four in the Lower River area, three in the MacCarthy area, and three in the Upper River area.
Election preparation
Before the election, the People's Progressive Party (PPP) was founded in 1959 . And from the merger of the Gambia Democratic Party (GDP) and the Gambia Muslim Congress (GMC), the Democratic Congress Alliance (DCA) emerged in 1960 .
Political party | number | |
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People's Progressive Party (PPP) | 13 | |
United Party (UP) | 8th | |
Democratic Congress Alliance (DCA) | 6th | |
Independent candidates | 27 | |
total | 54 |
In the 27 constituencies, 54 candidates ran and wanted to get a majority of the voters. The PPP came up with 13 candidates. She was challenged by 8 candidates from the UP and 6 candidates from the DCA. In addition, there were 27 candidates who did not belong to any party. Some of the non-party candidates sympathized with the major parties; eight of the independent candidates were members of the UP wing.
In one constituency, the PPP candidate had no opponent, he won the constituency without resistance. It was the future President Dawda Jawara .
Election result
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A total of 27 seats
69,048 valid votes were cast.
In the election, the PPP won nine and the UP five seats, while the DCA won one seat. Pierre Sarr N'Jie (UP) was named the nation's first chief minister in March of the following year by Governor General Edward Henry Windley , after a majority of chiefs supported him.
Election result by party
Seats in parliament | |||||||||||||||
Political party | Administrative unit | total | |||||||||||||
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Bathurst | St. Mary's combo | Western film | Lower River | MacCarthy | Upper River | ||||||||||
PPP | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 47.4% | |||||||
UP | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 26.3% | |||||||||
DCA | 1 | - | 1 | 5.3% | |||||||||||
Independent | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4th | 21.1% | |||||||
total | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 19th | 100.0% | |||||||
Votes and voting shares | |||||||||||||||
Political party | Administrative unit | total | |||||||||||||
Bathurst | St. Mary's combo | Western film | Lower River | MacCarthy | Upper River | ||||||||||
PPP | 232 | 3.1% | 647 | 24.8% | 3,362 | 73.5% | 10,496 | 45.2% | 7.093 | 46.0% | 3,660 | 23.3% | 25,490 | 36.9% | |
UP | 3,075 | 40.9% | 415 | 15.9% | - | - | - | - | 4,446 | 28.8% | 4,561 | 29.0% | 12,497 | 18.1% | |
DCA | 3,237 | 43.1% | 289 | 11.1% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3,526 | 5.1% | |
Independent | 973 | 12.9% | 1,256 | 48.2% | 1,210 | 26.5% | 12,722 | 54.8% | 3,892 | 25.2% | 7,482 | 47.6% | 27,535 | 39.9% | |
total | 7,517 | 2,607 | 4,572 | 23,218 | 15,431 | 15,703 | 69,048 |
Election results by constituency
Administrative unit | Constituency | candidate | Political party | be right | proportion of |
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Bathurst | |||||
New Town East | |||||
Pierre Sarr N'Jie | UP | 1,017 | 59.68% | ||
Alieu E. Cham-Joof | DCA | 687 | 40.32% | ||
New Town West | |||||
Ishmael BI Jobe | UP | 617 | 45.33% | ||
Momodou D. Sallah | DCA | 559 | 41.07% | ||
ASC Able-Thomas | Independent / PPP | 185 | 13.59% | ||
Joloff / Portuguese Town | |||||
Alieu B. N'Jie | DCA | 552 | 50.83% | ||
JE Mahoney | UP | 432 | 39.78% | ||
Sulayman B. Gaye | independent | 102 | 9.39% | ||
Soldier Town | |||||
Melvin B. Jones | independent / UP | 644 | 46.94% | ||
Crispin R. Gray-Johnson | DCA | 496 | 36.15% | ||
H. Augusta Jawara | PPP | 232 | 16.91% | ||
Half Die | |||||
Joseph H. Joof | UP | 1.009 | 50.60% | ||
Ibrahima Momodou Garba-Jahumpa | DCA | 943 | 47.29% | ||
IAS Burang-John | independent | 42 | 2.11% | ||
St. Mary's combo | |||||
Combo East | |||||
Alphonso M. (Fansu) Demba | PPP | 647 | 50.90% | ||
Samuel J. Oldfield | independent / DCA? | 624 | 49.10% | ||
Combo West | |||||
Howsoon O. Semega-Janneh | independent | 562 | 42.07% | ||
Ebrima D. N'Jie | UP | 415 | 31.06% | ||
John Colley Faye | DCA | 289 | 21.63% | ||
MA Jobe | independent | 70 | 5.24% | ||
Western film | |||||
Combo | |||||
David K. Jawara | PPP | unanimously | 100.00% | ||
Foni | |||||
Momodou N. Sanyang | PPP | 3,362 | 73.53% | ||
Saihou Biyai | independent / UP | 1,210 | 26.47% | ||
Lower River | |||||
Kiang | |||||
Jerreh LB Daffeh | PPP | 2.136 | 55.35% | ||
B. Sanneh | independent / UP? | 837 | 21.69% | ||
L. Sanneh | independent | 786 | 20.37% | ||
Jarra | |||||
Yaya Ceesay | PPP | 1,880 | 52.57% | ||
K. Barrow | independent | 892 | 24.94% | ||
Kalilu S. Dabo | independent / UP | 804 | 22.48% | ||
Baddibu | |||||
Sheriff M. Dibba | PPP | 5,020 | 52.78% | ||
Kalilu B. Jammeh | independent | 3,994 | 41.99% | ||
M. Gaye | independent | 498 | 5.24% | ||
Niumi-Jokadu | |||||
Landing Omar Sonko | independent / UP | 2,371 | 37.22% | ||
Kebba CA Kah | independent | 1,724 | 27.06% | ||
Famara B. Manneh | PPP | 1,460 | 22.92% | ||
Mafode (Foday) F. Sonko | independent | 816 | 12.81% | ||
MacCarthy | |||||
MacCarthy Island | |||||
Kebba N. Leigh | PPP | 1,985 | 38.43% | ||
Numukunda M. Darbo | UP | 1,616 | 31.29% | ||
Bakary K. Sidibeh | independent | 831 | 16.09% | ||
GO M'Baki | independent | 591 | 11.44% | ||
MK Sanyang | independent | 142 | 2.75% | ||
Niani-Saloum | |||||
Alasan N. Touray | UP | 2,830 | 49.47% | ||
Omar J. Sise | PPP | 2.014 | 35.20% | ||
BA Janneh | independent | 877 | 15.33% | ||
Niamina | |||||
Sheriff S. Sisay | PPP | 3,094 | 68.07% | ||
Omar J. Ceesay | independent | 1,451 | 31.93% | ||
Upper River | |||||
Bass | |||||
Michael Baldeh | UP | 4,561 | 74.64% | ||
Muhammadou Krubally | independent | 1,550 | 25.36% | ||
Cantora | |||||
Andrew D. Camara | independent / UP | 2,535 | 58.64% | ||
Mamadi B. Sagnia | PPP | 1,154 | 26.69% | ||
Kebba J. Krubally | independent | 634 | 14.67% | ||
Wuli-Sandu | |||||
Musa S. Dabo | PPP | 2,506 | 47.56% | ||
Kantora Juwara | independent / UP | 1,505 | 28.56% | ||
A. Krubally | independent | 797 | 15.13% | ||
Bangally Singhateh | independent | 461 | 8.75% |
Elected MPs
By-elections
Niani-Saloum 1961
After the PPP filed an appeal against the constituency winner Alasan N. Touray (UP) of Niani-Saloum, a by-election was held in January 1961 . Ebrima D. N'Jie (UP) won the constituency.
Administrative unit | Constituency | candidate | Political party | be right | proportion of |
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MacCarthy | |||||
Niani-Saloum | |||||
Ebrima D. N'Jie | UP | 2,499 | 58.21% | ||
Omar J. Sise | PPP | 1,794 | 41.79% |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Arnold Hughes, David Perfect: A political history of The Gambia, 1816-1994 Univ. of Rochester Pr., 2006, ISBN 1-58046-230-8
- ^ The Gambia 1951-1965: Who introduced tribal politics? ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Senegambia News
- ^ History of the Independence Movement AccessGambia.com