1997 Gambian parliamentary election

none The Gambia 1992 2002 2 January 1997 All 49 seats in the National Assembly 25 no 73.21% Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction Yahya Jammeh 52.13 New 33 United Democratic Party (The Gambia) Ousainou Darboe New 33.97 7 People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism Sidia Jatta 0 7.88 1 National Reconciliation Party Hamat Bah New 2.16 2 Independents – 3 3.87 2 Speaker of the National Assembly Position established Mustapha B. Wadda Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction Parliamentary elections were held in the Gambia on 2 January 1997 three months after presidential elections. The first parliamentary elections since Yahya Jammeh's 1994 coup, they were also the first parliamentary elections to be held under the new constitution approved in a 1996 referendum. However, Decree 89 meant that pre-1994 parties (such as the former ruling People's Progressive Party) were still banned.Gambia lifts ban on political parties BBC News, 23 July 2001 Freedom House characterized the election as "deeply flawed."Freedom in the World 1999 - Gambia, The https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/freehou/1999/en/95276 Freedom House en The elections were originally scheduled for 11 December 1996, but following an attack on military barracks at Farafenni at the start of November, they were postponed, and all political rallies were banned.Gambia, The Britannica Jammeh's Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction won 33 of the 45 elected seats, enough to change the constitution. Results File:National Assembly of the Gambia 1997.svg Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction 160470 33 New United Democratic Party 104568 7 New People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism 24272 1 +1 National Reconciliation Party 6639 2 New Independents 11907 2 –1 Presidential appointees 4 –4 –1 307856 420507 IEC References The Gambia Politics 1990s Gambia Category:Parliamentary elections in the Gambia Category:1997 in the Gambia Category:January 1997 in Africa