Gambian legislative election, 1951

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Legislative elections were held in the Gambia in 1951. They were the first election to feature political parties,^[1] as the Democratic Party and the Muslim Congress Party had been founded earlier in the year.

Results

There were only three elected seats in the Legislative Council at the time.

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Bathurst	John Colley Faye	Democratic Party	905	40.01	Elected
	Ibrahima Momodou Garba-Jahumpa	Muslim Congress Party	828	36.60	Elected
	Pierre Sarr N'Jie	Independent	463	20.47
	Edward Francis Small	Gambia National League	45	1.99
	Mustapha Colley	Common People's Party	10	0.44
	J Francis Senegal	Independent	6	0.27
	John Finden Dailey	Common People's Party	5	0.22
Kombo St Mary	Henry Madi	Independent	813	75.63	Elected
	Howsoon Semege-Janneh	Independent	255	23.72
	John Kuye	Independent	7	0.65
Total			3,337	–
Source: Hughes & Perfect^[2]

References

↑ Gregg, E. (2003) The Rough Guide to the Gambia
↑ Arnold Hughes & David Perfect (2006) A political history of the Gambia, 1816–1994, University of Rochester Press, p299

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