Gambia presidential elections 2001
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The 2001 presidential elections in Gambia took place on October 18, 2001. According to an estimate, Gambia had 1,412,663 inhabitants in 2001.
After his first term in office in the West African state of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh ran again after five years as a presidential candidate in a democratic election .
Of the 450,706 previously registered voters, 404,343 votes were cast, making the turnout 89.71 percent. Jammeh was elected president for another five years with 52.8 percent of the vote.
table
The following election result was published:
| be right | candidate | Political party |
|---|---|---|
| 52.8% | Yahya Jammeh | Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) |
| 32.9% | Ousainou Darboe | United Democratic Party |
| 7.5% | Hamat Bah | National Reconciliation Party (NRP) |
| 3.9% | Sheriff Dibba | National Convention Party (NCP) |
| 2.9% | Sidia Jatta | People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) |
literature
- Commonwealth Secretariat: The Gambia Presidential Election, October 18, 2001 (Election Observer Group Reports Series) . Commonwealth Secretariat, ISBN 0-85092-716-1 .
Individual evidence
- ^ US Census Bureau: 2001 estimate, mid-year.
