Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction

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Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
ReligionSunni Islam
ColorsGreen
National Assembly
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Pan African Parliament
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  • Elections

The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) is a

President Yahya Jammeh.[1]

History

The APRC was formed in 1996 to support coup organiser Yahya Jammeh's successful campaign in the

main opposition boycotted what it described would be an unfair vote.[2]

Despite such criticisms, the APRC was described as very popular amongst the Jola ethnic group. In terms of nationwide percentage, the party's best parliamentary election result was in 2007 (59.7%), while the best presidential election result came in 2011 (71.5%).[3]

Jammeh was ultimately denied a fifth term in the 2016 presidential election by activist Adama Barrow, and the APRC lost a whopping 38 seats in the following year's parliamentary vote, going into opposition for the first time.[4]

New leader Fabakary Jatta has sought to distance the party from the alleged crimes committed by Jammeh during his twenty year rule, and endorsed Barrow's successful re-election campaign in 2021. Jammeh criticised the decision. After the 2022 parliamentary election resulted in a hung parliament for the first time in the country's history, the APRC formed a coalition agreement with Barrow's National People's Party. This cause internal turmoil, as many members, including within the party establishment, remain loyal to Jammeh.[5]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election Candidate Votes % Results
1996 Yahya Jammeh 220,011 55.8% Elected Green tickY
2001 242,302 52.8% Elected Green tickY
2006 264,404 67.3% Elected Green tickY
2011 470,550 71.5% Elected Green tickY
2016 208,487 39.6% Lost Red XN

National Assembly elections

Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1997 Yahya Jammeh 160,470 52.13%
33 / 49
New Increase 1st Supermajority
2002 29,097 51.05%
45 / 53
Increase 12 Steady 1st Supermajority
2007 157,392 59.70%
42 / 53
Decrease 3 Steady 1st Supermajority
2012 80,289 51.82%
43 / 53
Increase 1 Steady 1st Supermajority
2017 Fabakary Jatta 60,331 15.91%
5 / 53
Decrease 38 Decrease 3rd Opposition
2022 15,710 3.19%
2 / 53
Decrease 3 Decrease 5th Coalition
(NPP-NRP-APRC)

References

  1. ^ "Gambia opposition unite to fight". BBC News. 18 January 2005.
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  3. ^ Elections in The Gambia African Elections Database
  4. ^ "The Total of Final Election Results". Independent Electoral Commission of The Gambia. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. ^ Hultin, Niklas. "What Barrow's re-election means for The Gambia". The Conversation. Retrieved 12 December 2021.