1992 Gambian general election

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1992 Gambian general election
29 April 1992
Turnout59.3%
Presidential election
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Nominee Dawda Jawara Sheriff Dibba Assan Musa Camara
Party PPP NCP GPP
Popular vote 117,549 44,639 16,287
Percentage 58.48% 22.21% 8.10%
 
Nominee Lamin Bojang Sidia Jatta
Party PDP PDOIS
Popular vote 11,999 10,543
Percentage 5.97% 5.24%
President before election

Dawda Jawara
PPP

Elected President

Dawda Jawara
PPP

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General elections were held in

People's Progressive Party (PPP), with Jawara remaining president, winning 58.5% of the vote.[1]
Voter turnout was around 55.8%.

Campaign

A total of 130 candidates ran for the 36 elected seats, although the PPP was the only one with a candidate in every seat.[2] The opposition campaign centred on corruption and economic mismanagement, whilst the PPP promised it would boost the tourism industry and support groundnut farmers.[2]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Dawda JawaraPeople's Progressive Party117,54958.48
Sheriff Mustapha DibbaNational Convention Party44,63922.21
Assan Musa CamaraGambian People's Party16,2878.10
Lamin BojangPeople's Democratic Party11,9995.97
Sidia JattaPeople's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism10,5435.24
Total201,017100.00
Registered voters/turnout338,739–
Source: Hughes & Perfect[3]

National Assembly

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
United Party
2,8921.4400
Independents15,3317.623+3
Presidential appointees80
Paramount chiefs' representatives50
Attorney General10
Total201,095100.0050+1
Registered voters/turnout338,739–
Source: Hughes & Perfect[4]

References

  1. ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. ^ a b Elections held in 1992 IPU
  3. ^ Arnold Hughes & David Perfect (2006) A political history of the Gambia, 1816–1994, University of Rochester Press, p344
  4. ^ Hughes & Perfect, p330
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