{"iso":"GM","name":"The Gambia","flag":"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf2","vote":"National Assembly \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2022-04-09","source":"2022 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the National Assembly vote at the parliamentary election of 9 April 2022, official results as published by the Independent Electoral Commission of The Gambia. Smaller parties are not shown.","shares":{"NPP":29.2,"UDP":28.0,"IND":21.8,"GDC":6.9,"PDOIS":5.0,"APRC":3.2,"NRP":2.9},"polls":[],"parties":{"NPP":{"name":"National People's Party","color":"#40484F"},"UDP":{"name":"United Democratic Party","color":"#FEE119"},"IND":{"name":"Independents","color":"#9a9a9a"},"GDC":{"name":"Gambia Democratic Congress","color":"#771C7C"},"PDOIS":{"name":"People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism","color":"#CA3403"},"APRC":{"name":"Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction","color":"#0D6F4A"},"NRP":{"name":"National Reconciliation Party","color":"#0073CF"}},"primer":{"system":"Presidential republic","head_of_state":"President Adama Barrow","legislature":"National Assembly, unicameral, 58 members, of whom 53 are directly elected and 5 appointed by the president.","electoral_system":"Elected members are chosen by first-past-the-post voting, and the president is directly elected for a five-year term.","government_now":"Barrow's National People's Party won 18 seats at the 2022 parliamentary election and governs with a coalition including the NRP and APRC totalling 29 seats.","context":"Barrow first won the presidency in December 2016, defeating longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh. The United Democratic Party is the largest opposition party with 15 seats.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"NPP":["National People's Party","","Big-tent party founded by President Adama Barrow in 2019; centrist and pro-incumbent, it leads the governing coalition."],"UDP":["United Democratic Party","","Long-standing liberal opposition party led by Ousainou Darboe; the largest opposition force in the Assembly."],"IND":["Independents","","Independents with no party label; they won an unusually large 12 elected seats in 2022."],"GDC":["Gambia Democratic Congress","","Populist opposition party of Mama Kandeh; won seats in 2017 but none in 2022."],"PDOIS":["People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism","","Veteran left-wing, socialist party of Halifa Sallah; small but ideologically distinct."],"APRC":["Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction","","Former ruling party of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh; a faction now backs Barrow's government."],"NRP":["National Reconciliation Party","","Small party of Hamat Bah, a junior partner in Barrow's governing coalition."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly","as_of":"2022 election","total":58,"seats":{"NPP":18,"UDP":15,"IND":12,"NRP":4,"APRC":2,"PDOIS":2,"GDC":0}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2026-12-05","title":"Gambian presidential election","chamber":"Presidency","type":"scheduled"}}