1987 Gambian general election

none The Gambia 11 March 1987 1982 1992 262,593 yes Presidential election presidential 130x130px Dawda_Jawara_(1979).jpg Dawda Jawara People's Progressive Party (The Gambia) 123,385 59.18% 3x4.svg Sheriff Dibba NCP 57,343 27.51% 3x4.svg Assan Musa Camara GPP FF0000 27,751 13.31% Map of the 1987 Gambian presidential election.svg Results by region 400px President Dawda Jawara PPP Dawda Jawara PPP General elections were held in the Gambia on 11 March 1987.Wiseman John A. 1987-12-01 The Gambian presidential and parliamentary elections of 1987 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379487900412 Electoral Studies 6 3 286–288 10.1016/0261-3794(87)90041-2 0261-3794 subscription Archives L. A. Times 1987-03-13 Gambian President Elected for 4th Term https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-13-me-5481-story.html Los Angeles Times en-US The election date had been announced on 1 January 1987 and nominations for presidential candidates closed on 9 February. A total of 113 candidates ran for the 36 elected seats in parliament. Both the presidential and parliamentary elections were won by the People's Progressive Party, whose leader Dawda Jawara remained president. The elections were described as competitive. Results President Dawda Jawara People's Progressive Party 123385 Sheriff Mustapha Dibba National Convention Party 57343 Assan Musa Camara Gambian People's Party 27751 red 262593 Hughes & PerfectArnold Hughes & David Perfect (2006) A political history of the Gambia, 1816–1994, University of Rochester Press, p338 Parliament People's Progressive Party 119248 31 +4 National Convention Party 55251 4 – Gambian People's Party 31604 0 New red United Party–National Convention Party 3210 1 – People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism 2069 0 New Independents 233 0 0 Presidential appointees 8 0 Paramount chiefs' representatives 5 0 Attorney General 1 0 +1 262593 Hughes & PerfectHughes & Perfect, p325 References Gambia Category:Parliamentary elections in the Gambia Election Category:Presidential elections in the Gambia Gambia