People's Progressive Party (Gambia)

People's Progressive Party
Ax and hoe
Party leader	Omar A. Jallow
founding	1959
Headquarters	c / o Omar Jallow Bakau - Fajara M Section
Colours)	Magenta ( English hot pink )

The People's Progressive Party (PPP) ( German  Progressive People's Party ) is a moderate center-left - Party in The Gambia . The party's motto is Latin " Vox populi vox Dei " = "The people's voice (is) God's voice" .

history

For decades, the PPP was the dominant ruling party in Gambia. Since independence in 1965, she provided Dawda Jawara as the president. In 1994 he was overthrown by young army officers in a military coup. The party was banned from participating in the 1996 and 1997 elections.

Jawara was allowed to return from exile in London in 2002 , on condition that she no longer be politically active. In 2005 the PPP united under the leader Omar A. Jallow to form the opposition alliance National Alliance for Democracy and Development .

Election results

Votes and voting shares of the PPP in presidential and parliamentary elections

Election results choice year Number of votes Share of votes Seats or presidential candidate houses of Parliament 1960 25,490 36.9% 9 of 19 houses of Parliament 1962 56,343 57.7% 18 of 32 houses of Parliament 1966 81,313 65.3% 24 of 32 houses of Parliament 1972 65,388 63.0% 28 of 32 houses of Parliament 1977 125,233 69.7% 28 of 35 Presidency 1982 137.020 72.5% Dawda Jawara houses of Parliament 1982 102,545 61.7% 27 of 35 Presidency 1987 123.385 59.2% Dawda Jawara houses of Parliament 1987 119.248 56.4% 31 of 36 Presidency 1992 58.4% Dawda Jawara houses of Parliament 1992 109,059 54.2% 25 of 36 Presidency 1996 Participation prohibited houses of Parliament 1997 Participation prohibited

Voting shares (in %) 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 60 62 66 72 77 82 82 87 87 92 92

Web links

• Independent Electoral Commission