1987 Gambian general election

1987 Gambian general election

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Registered	262,593
Presidential election
Nominee Dawda Jawara Sheriff Dibba Assan Musa Camara Party PPP NCP GPP Popular vote 123,385 57,343 27,751 Percentage 59.18% 27.51% 13.31%
Results by region
President before election Dawda Jawara PPP Elected President Dawda Jawara PPP

General elections were held in the Gambia on 11 March 1987. ^{[1] [2]} The election date had been announced on 1 January 1987 and nominations for presidential candidates closed on 9 February.

A total of 113 candidates ran for the 36 elected seats in parliament. Both the presidential and parliamentary elections were won by the People's Progressive Party, whose leader Dawda Jawara remained president.

The elections were described as competitive. ^[1]

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Dawda Jawara	People's Progressive Party	123,385	59.18
	Sheriff Mustapha Dibba	National Convention Party	57,343	27.51
	Assan Musa Camara	Gambian People's Party	27,751	13.31
Total			208,479	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			262,593	–
Source: Hughes & Perfect [3]

Parliament

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Progressive Party	119,248	56.35	31	+4
	National Convention Party	55,251	26.11	4	–
	Gambian People's Party	31,604	14.93	0	New
	United Party–National Convention Party	3,210	1.52	1	–
	People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism	2,069	0.98	0	New
	Independents	233	0.11	0	0
Presidential appointees				8	0
Paramount chiefs' representatives				5	0
Attorney General				1	0
Total		211,615	100.00	50	+1
Registered voters/turnout		262,593	–
Source: Hughes & Perfect [4]

References

1. Wiseman, John A. (1987-12-01). "The Gambian presidential and parliamentary elections of 1987" . Electoral Studies. 6 (3): 286–288. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(87)90041-2. ISSN   0261-3794.
2. Archives, L. A. Times (1987-03-13). "Gambian President Elected for 4th Term". Los Angeles Times.
3. Arnold Hughes & David Perfect (2006) A political history of the Gambia, 1816–1994, University of Rochester Press, p338
4. Hughes & Perfect, p325