Political Parties in Gambia

Featured Political Parties in Gambia

• Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction

  APRC • right • Founded 1996

  The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) is a political party in the Gambia. Founded by army officers who staged the 1994 coup, it was the dominant party of the Gambia from 1996 to 2016 under president Yahya Jammeh.

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• Gambia Democratic Congress

  GDC • center left • Founded 2016

  Gambia Democratic Congress is a political party in the Gambia led by Mama Kandeh, a former APRC National Assembly member. It was established in 2016. The initial deputy leader, Facuru Sillah, later left the party after a dispute with Kandeh. Kandeh ended up as

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• People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism

  PDOIS • left • Founded 1986

  The People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) is a socialist political party in the Gambia. Since 2005, it has been part of the National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD). It was part of Coalition 2016 in the 2016 pres

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• People's Progressive Party

  PPP • center • Founded 1959

  The People's Progressive Party is a political party in the Gambia. It was the dominant ruling party of the Gambia from 1962 to 1994, during the presidency of party founder Dawda Jawara. The People's Progressive Party lost power after the 1994 Gambian coup d'ét

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• National Reconciliation Party

  NRP • center right • Founded 1997

  The National Reconciliation Party is a political party in The Gambia. It was founded in 1996 and is led by its founder Hamat Bah. Previously an opposition party, it has now been part of a coalition government headed by President Adama Barrow since 2017.

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• National Alliance for Democracy and Development

  NADD • center • Founded 2005

  The National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD) is a three-party coalition (previously five parties) of Gambian opposition political parties.

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• United Democratic Party

  UDP • center left • Founded 1996

  The United Democratic Party (abbr. UDP) is a political party in the Gambia, founded in 1996 by 3 political parties banned by the government of Yahya Jammeh (the PPP, NCP and GPP) led by human rights lawyer and freedom fighter Ousainou Darboe. It is the largest

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• National Convention Party

  NCP • center left • Founded 1975

  The National Convention Party (NCP) is a centre-left political party in the Gambia. It was the main opposition party between 1975 and 1994. It was originally founded on 7 September 1975 when it first launched at Busumbala by former vice-president Sheriff Musta

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