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Democracy Ratings
|
Freedom House 2018 |
Score: 4.5 out of 7 (where lower scores are more democratic) |
Freedom Status: Partly Free |
|---|---|---|
|
EIU Democracy Index 2017 |
Score: 4.06 out of 10 (where higher scores are more democratic) |
World Ranking: 113 |
| Polity IV
2016 |
Score: -5 (from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic) |
Category: Closed Anocracy |
Political System
| System of Government | Presidential |
|---|---|
| Presidential Electoral System | First past the post |
| Last Presidential Election | 2016 |
| Next Presidential Election | 2021 |
| Presidential Term Limits | None |
| System of appointment to legislature |
48 elected in single-member constituencies through first past the post 5 appointed by the president |
| Last Legislative Election |
2017 |
| Next Legislative Election |
2022 |
| Number of Seats in Legislature | 53 |
| Female quota, representation in lower house | No |
Results
| Last presidential election (2016) | ||
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (%) | |
| 1st round | FPTP System | |
| Adama Barrow | 43.3 | |
| Yahya Jammeh | 39.6 | |
| Mama Kandeh | 17.1 | |
| Last legislative election (2017) | ||
| Party | Votes (%) | Seats |
| United Democratic Party | 37.47 | 31 |
| Gambia Democratic Congress | 17 | 5 |
| Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction | 16 | 5 |
| People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism | 9 | 4 |
| National Reconciliation Party | 6 | 5 |
| People’s Progressive Party | 3 | 2 |
| Gambia Moral Congress | 1 | 0 |
| National Convention Party | 0 | 0 |
| Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress | 0.34 | 0 |
| Independents | 9.56 | 1 |