2017 Gambian parliamentary election

2017 Gambian parliamentary election

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53 of the 58 seats in the National Assembly 29 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– UDP Ousainou Darboe 37.47 31 New GDC Mama Kandeh 17.38 5 New APRC Fabakary Jatta 15.91 5 −38 PDOIS Sidia Jatta 8.94 4 New NRP Samba Jallow 6.26 5 +4 PPP Yaya Ceesay 2.51 2 New Independents – 9.56 1 −3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker of the National Assembly before Speaker of the National Assembly Abdoulie Bojang APRC Mariam Jack-Denton UDP

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Parliamentary elections were held in The Gambia on 6 April 2017.^[1] They were first parliamentary elections since the inauguration of Adama Barrow as President and resulted in a landslide victory for the United Democratic Party, which won 31 of the 53 seats.