Country: | The Gambia |
Previous Election: | 2013 |
Next Election: | 2023 |
Election Date: | 12 April 2018 |
Seats For Election: | 120 Regional Chairmen |
Ongoing: | no |
Party1: | United Democratic Party (The Gambia) |
Leader1: | Ousainou Darboe |
Seats1: | 62 |
Party2: | Gambia Democratic Congress |
Leader2: | Mama Kandeh |
Seats2: | 25 |
Party3: | Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction |
Leader3: | Fabakary Jatta |
Seats3: | 16 |
Party4: | People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism |
Leader4: | Halifa Sallahe |
Seats4: | 7 |
Party5: | National Reconciliation Party |
Leader5: | Hamat Bah |
Seats5: | 5 |
Party6: | Gambia Moral Congress |
Leader6: | Mai Ahmad Fatty |
Seats6: | 1 |
Party7: | People's Progressive Party (The Gambia) |
Leader7: | Kebba E. Jallow |
Seats7: | 1 |
Party8: | Independent |
Leader8: | - |
Seats8: | 3 |
Local elections were held in The Gambia on 12 April 2018. The elections saw a victory for the United Democratic Party.[1] Voter turnout was low, at 29 percent of eligible voters participating. Gambian citizens also criticized the slow release of election results.[2]