Gambian general election, 1992

General elections were held in the Gambia on 29 April 1992. The election date was announced on 14 February and the National Assembly was dissolved three days later. A total of 130 candidates ran for the 36 elected seats, though the ruling People's Progressive Party was the only one with a candidate in every seat. Although he had announced his retirement in December 1991, President Dawda Jawara changed his mind and ran for the position again. Both elections were won by the PPP, with Jawara remaining president, winning 58.5% of the vote.^[1] Voter turnout was around 55.8%.

Campaign

The opposition focussed its campaign on corruption and economic mismanagement. The PPP promised it would boost the tourism industry and the economic situation of groundnut farmers.

Presidential election

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Dawda Jawara	People's Progressive Party	117,549	58.48
Sheriff Mustapha Dibba	National Convention Party	44,639	22.21
Assan Musa Camara	Gambian People's Party	16,287	8.10
Lamin Bojang	People's Democratic Party	11,999	5.97
Sidia Jatta	People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism	10,543	5.24
Total		201,017	100
Registered votes/turnout		338,739	59.3
Source: Hughes & Perfect[2]

Parliamentary election

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
People's Progressive Party	109.059	54,2	25	-6
National Convention Party	45.953	22,9	6	+1
Gambian People's Party	13.937	6,9	2	+2
People's Democratic Party	9.291	4,6	0	New
People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism	4.632	2,3	0	0
United Party	2.892	1,4	0	0
Independents	15.331	7,6	3	+3
Presidential appointees	-	-	8	0
Paramount chiefs' representatives	-	-	5	0
Attorney General (ex officio)	-	-	1	0
Total	201.095	100	50	+1
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union, Edie, Nohlen et al.

References

1. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p420 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
2. Arnold Hughes & David Perfect (2006) A political history of the Gambia, 1816–1994, University of Rochester Press, p344