British Gambia General Election 1960

British Gambia General Election 1960

votes cast (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

36.9

18.1

5.1

n. k.

39.9

PPP

UP

DCA ^c

GPP

Independent

Gains and losses

compared to 1954

 % p

 40

 35

 30th

 25th

 20th

 15th

 10

   5

   0

  -5

-10

-15

-20

-25

-30

-35

-40

-45

+36.9

-10.3

-42.4

-3.4

+19.1

PPP

UP

DCA ^c

GPP

Independent

Remarks:

^c 1954 as GDP and GMC

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 .

The following parties nominated candidates

Political party		number
	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

Distribution of seats

8th 9 5 1 4th 8th 9 5 1 4th  A total of 27 seats Otherwise: 8 PPP : 9 UP : 5 DCA : 1 Independent: 4 With 'Otherwise. Seats mean the seats that have been appointed.

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
		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
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

See also : List of Members of the Gambian Parliament (1960–1962)

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
MacCarthy
	Niani-Saloum
		Ebrima D. N'Jie	UP	2,499	58.21%
		Omar J. Sise	PPP	1,794	41.79%

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{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
2. ^ 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 
3. ^ History of the Independence Movement AccessGambia.com