United Democratic Party (The Gambia)
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United Democratic Party | |
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Abbreviation | UDP |
Leader | Ousainou Darboe |
Founded | 1996 |
Ideology | Social liberalism Constitutionalism Social democracy |
Political position | Centre[1] to centre-left |
International affiliation | Socialist International (consultative) |
National Assembly | 15 / 58
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Website | |
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The United Democratic Party (abbr. UDP) is a political party in the Gambia, founded in 1996 by 3 political parties (the then-banned PPP, NCP and GPP) and choose the human rights lawyer, freedom fighter, ANM Ousainou Darboe to be the party leader and Secretary General. As a candidate in the presidential election of 18 October 2001, he came second with 32.6% of the popular vote; he took second place again in the 22 September 2006 presidential election with 26.7% of the vote. The 17 January 2002 parliamentary election was boycotted by the party. In the 25 January 2007 parliamentary election, the party won four out of 48 seats.[2]
After Darboe was jailed in April 2016 for his political activities in opposition to the ruling government of
In the 2021 election, the party once again backed Ousainou Darboe[4] who lost the election and received 27.7% of the vote.[5]
In the 2022 National Assembly election, the party won 15 of the 53 available seats. [6]
Electoral history
Presidential elections
Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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1996 | Ousainou Darboe | 141,387 | 35.84% | Lost |
2001 | 149,448 | 32.59% | Lost | |
2006 | 104,808 | 26.69% | Lost | |
2011 | 114,177 | 17.36% | Lost | |
2016[a] | Adama Barrow | 227,708 | 43.29% | Won |
2021 | Ousainou Darboe | 238,253 | 27.72% | Lost |
- ^ Supported Adama Barrow as independent candidate for Coalition 2016.
National Assembly elections
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
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1997 | Ousainou Darboe | 104,568 | 33.97% | 7 / 45
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7 | 2nd | Opposition |
2002 | Election boycotted | 0 / 49
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7 | Extra-parliamentary | |||
2007 | 57,545 | 21.84% | 4 / 49
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4 | 2nd | Opposition | |
2012 | Election boycotted | 0 / 48
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4 | Extra-parliamentary | |||
2017 | Adama Barrow | 142,146 | 37.47 | 31 / 53
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31 | 1st | Coalition (UDP- PPP )
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2022 | Ousainou Darboe | 138,176 | 28.04 | 15 / 53
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16 | 2nd | Opposition |
References
- ISBN 9781317471561.
- ^ Elections in the Gambia, African Elections Database.
- ^ "Gambia opposition leader jailed". BBC News. 21 July 2016.
- ^ "Election FAQs: The Gambia" (PDF). ifes.org. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Barrow re-elected The Gambia's president, opposition cries foul". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "IEC announces final Legislative Election results - The Point". thepoint.gm. Retrieved 14 April 2022.