2022 Gambian Parliamentary Election

2022 Gambian parliamentary election

← 2017 9 April 2022
53 of 58 seats in the National Assembly 29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	51.21%
Party Leader % Seats +/– NPP Adama Barrow 29.19 18 New UDP Ousainou Darboe 28.04 15 −16 PDOIS Sidia Jatta 5.01 2 −2 APRC Fabakary Jatta 3.19 2 −3 NRP Samba Jallow 2.87 4 −1 Independents – 21.76 12 +11 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker of the National Assembly before Speaker of the National Assembly after Mariam Jack-Denton UDP Fabakary Jatta APRC

The newly created National People's Party (NPP), led by incumbent President Adama Barrow, emerged victorious, winning 18 seats. The United Democratic Party (UDP) came second, winning 15 seats and becoming the largest opposition party. The National Reconciliation Party (NRP) won four seats, whilst the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) and the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) won two each. Twelve members elected were independents. As President, Barrow could appoint five additional members, and selected four from the NPP and one from the APRC. Barrow appointed APRC leader Fabakary Jatta as Speaker.

A three-party coalition was subsequently established between the NPP, NRP and APRC, giving the government 29 seats.

The 58 members of the National Assembly consist of 53 members elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and five members appointed by the President, including the Speaker and their deputies.

The Gambia uses a unique system of each voter casting a marble to their preferred candidate's ballot box.

ECOWAS deployed 40 election observers to all the 7 administrative regions in the Gambia to monitor the electoral process. H.E. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, head of the ECOWAS observation mission, stated after observing the election process in the capital city of Banjul that the election was "conducted in a calm and transparent atmosphere, using the Gambian electoral process."

• List of NAMs elected in the 2022 Gambian parliamentary election