2012 Gambian parliamentary election

November 2020 none 2012 Gambian parliamentary election Gambia parliamentary no 2007 Gambian parliamentary election 2007 29 March 2012 2017 Gambian parliamentary election 2017 48 of 53 seats in the National Assembly 27 150x150px Yahya Jammeh Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction 42 seats 43 1 80,289 51.8% Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 – Day 2 (35054166484).jpg 265 125 150 0 20 Hamat Bah National Reconciliation Party 0 seats 1 1 14,606 9.45% List of NAMs elected in the 2012 Gambian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in the Gambia on 29 March 2012.http://www.mherrera.org/elections.htm Electoral Calendar – international elections world elections 12 May 2011 The ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) won 43 of the 48 elected seats.http://www.africareview.com/News/-/979180/1376692/-/gk7lt9z/-/ Baboucarr Ceesay Gambia ruling party sweeps controversial House election Africa Review 30 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161201080629/http://www.africareview.com/News/-/979180/1376692/-/gk7lt9z/-/ 1 December 2016 Most opposition parties boycotted the election. These were the last parliamentary elections held during the rule of president Yahya Jammeh. Electoral system 48 of the 53 members of the unicameral National Assembly were directly elected, with an additional five members appointed by the President. Due to the over 50% illiteracy rate in the country, voters would drop glass marbles into coloured drums based on the candidate they chose. Upon the marble hitting the bottom of each drum, a bell would sound to prevent voter fraud through multiple voting. Campaign There were 86 candidates for 48 elected seats.http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsworld.php?id=655600 Gambia To Hold Parliamentary Election on Thursday Bernama 30 March 2012 25 seats were won unopposed by the APRC. Six opposition parties (United Democratic Party (UDP), People's Progressive Party, People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism, National Democratic Action Movement, Gambia Moral Congress, Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress, National Convention Party and the National Alliance for Democracy and Development)http://www.iec.gm/political-parties Political Parties | Independent Electoral Commission The Gambia Independent Electoral Commission 30 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120331194624/http://iec.gm/political-parties 31 March 2012 boycotted the elections, saying they were rigged in favour of the APRC, and after a request to postpone the election was rejected. The UDP's Ousainou Darboe said that the ruling party was "using government resources. They operate from the offices of the regional governors and from the offices of the various local authorities to operate." The grouping also called for ECOWAS to intervene.Nick Loomis https://www.voanews.com/a/gambian-legislative-elections-take-place-amid-boycott-suspicion-144906955/179649.html Gambian Legislative Elections Take Place Amid Boycott, Suspicion VOA 24 November 2011 30 March 2012 The grouping said that APRC had "an abuse of incumbency [as] complete merger between party and state" allowed for the ruling party to use state resources such as the media for "political advantage." Hamat Bah's National Reconciliation Party (NRP) decided to participate in the elections. Bah made the decision on the premise that he could win back the seat lost after the founding of the National Alliance for Democracy and Development and was subsequently barred by a court ruling. Conduct Electoral observers were present from the African Union, Commonwealth of Nations and the Organisation of Islamic Conference.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iiEPGU0PFi3H772HD8yYTizMd4lw?docId=CNG.2ccbfb75cf0a0b9eb4f3673fcbe067be.3d1 https://archive.today/20130102224801/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iiEPGU0PFi3H772HD8yYTizMd4lw?docId=CNG.2ccbfb75cf0a0b9eb4f3673fcbe067be.3d1 dead 2 January 2013 AFP: Gambia votes in parliamentary polls 30 March 2012 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said it would not agree to monitor the election because, according to them, the election was not "free, fair and transparent." ECOWAS also criticised the AU for sending an observer mission.http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15848143,00.html?maca=en-topstories-83-rdf Gambians vote in election boycotted by opposition | Africa | DW.DE | 29.03.2012 DW.DE 30 March 2012 Results Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction 80289 43 +1 National Reconciliation Party 14606 1 +1 Independents 60055 4 +3 0 154950 796929 Independent Electoral Commission, IFES See also List of NAMs elected in the 2012 Gambian parliamentary election References Category:Parliamentary elections in the Gambia Gambia Parliamentary election Category:March 2012 in Africa