2002 Gambian parliamentary election

The Gambia 1997 2007 17 January 2002 All 53 seats in the National Assembly 27 no 56.38% ( 16.83pp) yes Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction Yahya Jammeh 33 45 People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism Sidia Jatta 1 2 National Reconciliation Party Hamat Bah 2 1 Speaker of the National Assembly Mustapha B. Wadda Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction Sheriff Mustapha Dibba Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction Parliamentary elections were held in the Gambia on 17 January 2002. They were boycotted by several opposition parties, including the United Democratic Party.Gambia poll landslide BBC News, 18 January 20022002 Election Watch https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.2002.0022 Journal of Democracy 13 2 180–183 10.1353/jod.2002.0022 1086-3214 subscription As a result, the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction of President Yahya Jammeh ran unopposed in 33 of the 48 elected seats,Poor turnout for Gambia polls BBC News, 17 January 2002 and won 12 of the 15 seats in which they had opposition. In seats where there was a vote, turnout was 56.4%. Results File:National Assembly of The Gambia 2002.svg Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction 45 +12 National Reconciliation Party 1 –1 People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism 2 +1 Independents 0 –2 Presidential appointees 5 +1 +4 94586 35 167817 African Elections Database References Category:2002 in the Gambia Category:Parliamentary elections in the Gambia Gambia Category:January 2002 in Africa Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results