48 of 53 seats in the National Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
Yahya Jammeh
Hamat Bah
Party
APRC
NRP
Last election
42 seats
0 seats
Seats won
43
1
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
80,289
14,606
Percentage
51.8%
9.45%
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Parliamentary elections were held in the Gambia on 29 March 2012.[1] The ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) won 43 of the 48 elected seats.[2]
^"Electoral Calendar – international elections world elections". Retrieved 12 May 2011.
^Ceesay, Baboucarr (30 March 2012), "Gambia ruling party sweeps controversial House election", Africa Review, archived from the original on 1 December 2016
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