| Country: | Gambia |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Election Date: | 1951 |
| Previous Election: | 1947 Gambian Parliamentary election |
| Previous Year: | 1947 |
| Next Election: | 1954 Gambian Parliamentary election |
| Next Year: | 1954 |
| Seats For Election: | All 3 elected seats in the Legislative Council |
Parliamentary elections were held in the Gambia in 1951. They were the first election to feature political parties,[1] as the Democratic Party and the Muslim Congress Party had been founded earlier in the year.
There were only three elected seats in the Legislative Council at the time.
| Constituency | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left rowspan=7 | Bathurst | John Colley Faye | Democratic Party | 905 | 40.01 | Elected |
| I.M. Garba-Jahumpa | Muslim Congress Party | 828 | 36.60 | Elected | ||
| Pierre Sarr N'Jie | Independent | 463 | 20.47 | |||
| Edward Francis Small | Gambia National League | 45 | 1.99 | |||
| Mustapha Colley | Common People's Party | 10 | 0.44 | |||
| J Francis Senegal | Independent | 6 | 0.27 | |||
| John Finden Dailey | Common People's Party | 5 | 0.22 | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Kombo St Mary | Henry Madi | Independent | 813 | 75.63 | Elected |
| Howsoon Semege-Janneh | Independent | 255 | 23.72 | |||
| John Kuye | Independent | 7 | 0.65 | |||
| align=left colspan=3 | Total | 3,337 | – | |||
| align=left colspan=6 | Source: Hughes & Perfect[2] |