2006 Gambian presidential election

none December 2020 2006 Gambian presidential election The Gambia presidential Popular no 2001 Gambian presidential election 2001 22 September 2006 2011 Gambian presidential election 2011 670,336 58.6% 130x130px Yahya Jammeh.jpg 0D6F4A Yahya Jammeh Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction — no 264,404 67.33% Ousainou Darboe.png Ousainou Darboe United Democratic Party (Gambia) ARC 104,808 26.69% Halifa Sallah 2016.png Halifa Sallah People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism NADD 488cf9 23,473 5.98% Map of the 2006 Gambian presidential election.svg 400px President Yahya Jammeh Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction Yahya Jammeh Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction Presidential elections were held in the Gambia on 22 September 2006. Incumbent President Yahya Jammeh was re-elected with 67.3% of the vote.Gambian president is re-elected BBC News, 23 September 2006 Ousainou Darboe, who finished second with 27% of the vote, rejected the official results, saying that the elections had not been free and fair and that there was widespread voter intimidation.Gambian opposition claims fraud BBC News, 25 September 2006 Electoral system All the 989 polling booths used marbles, which were inserted into candidate drums instead of ballot papers due to the high illiteracy rate. The marble system is only used in Gambia, where it has been used since 1965.Gambians vote with their marbles BBC News, 22 September 2006 Results Yahya Jammeh Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction 264404 Ousainou Darboe United Democratic Party 104808 Halifa Sallah National Alliance for Democracy and Development 23473 #488cf9 124 670336 IEC References Further reading Saine Abdoulaye 2008 The Gambia's 2006 Presidential Election: Change or Continuity? African Studies Review 51 1 59–83 27667291 10.1353/arw.0.0029 145287607 Gambian presidential election 2006 Presidential election Gambian presidential election Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:September 2006 elections