United Party (Gambia)

United Party
Party leader	Pierre Sarr N'Jie
founding	1952

The United Party (UP) ( German  United Party ) was a Christian Democratic party in Gambia .

history

In 1952 the Christian Pierre Sarr N'Jie , from the Fulbe people , founded the United Party (UP) and was its chairman. The UP had its supporters in the Wolof and Fulbe with Roman Catholic faith. N'Jie campaigned for a federation with Senegal .

The UP lost in the 1960 general election and 1962 general election, and N'Jie became opposition leader in parliament.

When N'Jie withdrew from politics, the UP became less important.

Election results

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

Election results choice year Number of votes Share of votes Seats or presidential candidate houses of Parliament 1954 2.123 28.4% 1 of 4 houses of Parliament 1960 12,497 18.1% 5 of 19 houses of Parliament 1962 37.016 37.9% 13 of 32 houses of Parliament 1966 39,431 31.7% 7 of 32 houses of Parliament 1972 17.161 16.5% 3 of 32 houses of Parliament 1977 9,272 5.2% 2 of 35 houses of Parliament 1982 4,782 2.9% 0 of 35 houses of Parliament 1987 3.210 1.5% 1 of 36 houses of Parliament 1992 2,892 1.4% 0 of 36

Voting shares (in %) 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 54 60 62 66 72 77 82 87 92

See also

• List of political parties in Gambia
• History of the Gambia

literature

• Rosel Jahn: Gambia: travel guide with cultural studies - with a travel atlas . Mai, Dreieich 1997, ISBN 3-87936-239-4 .