1987 Gambian general election

1987 Gambian general election
Registered	262,593
	Presidential election
President before election; Dawda Jawara; PPP	Elected President ; Dawda Jawara; PPP

General elections were held in

People's Progressive Party, whose leader Dawda Jawara

Results


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^[1]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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^[2]

^ Arnold Hughes & David Perfect (2006) A political history of the Gambia, 1816–1994, University of Rochester Press, p338
^ Hughes & Perfect, p325

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