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2011 Gambian presidential election information


2011 Gambian presidential election
2011 Gambian presidential election
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Registered796,929
Turnout82.55%
 
Nominee Yahya Jammeh Ousainou Darboe Hamat Bah
Party APRC UDP United Front
Popular vote 470,550 114,177 73,060
Percentage 71.5% 17.4% 11.1%


President before election

Yahya Jammeh
APRC

Elected President

Yahya Jammeh
APRC

Presidential elections were held in the Gambia on 24 November 2011. Incumbent President Yahya Jammeh, in office since seizing power in a 1994 coup, faced Ousainou Darboe of the United Democratic Party and Hamat Bah of the National Alliance for Democracy and Development.[1]

The elections were won by Jammeh,[2] who received 72% of the vote on an 83% turnout.[3]

  1. ^ "Gambia: Ecowas observers boycott 'unfair poll'". BBC News. 23 November 2011.
  2. ^ Bowers, Emily; Touray, Suwaibou (25 November 2011). "Gambia's Jammeh Wins Fourth Term With 71% of Votes Cast". Bloomberg. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Independent Electoral Commission The Gambia" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2011.

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