Gambian People's Party Explained

The Gambian People's Party (GPP) was a political party in the Gambia. It was founded by Assan Musa Camara in February 1986 and formally launched on 29 March 1986. GPP was a splinter group of the governing People's Progressive Party. The party got 15.5% of the votes in the 1987 parliamentary elections and 7.96% in the 1992 elections, but it never won a parliamentary seat.[1] Camara contested as the presidential candidate of the party in 1987, and got 29,428 votes (14%). In the 1992 presidential election, he got 8% of the votes.[2] The party was banned after the 1994 military coup, and its leading members barred from participating in politics.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Democracy in The Gambia by Carlene J Edie . 2008-01-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060927164212/http://www.codesria.org/Links/Publications/ad3_2000/edie.pdf . 2006-09-27 . dead .
  2. http://africanelections.tripod.com/gm.html Elections in The Gambia