2017 Gambian parliamentary election

2017 Gambian parliamentary election
The Gambia
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53 of the 58 seats in the National Assembly
29 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
UDP Ousainou Darboe 37.47 31 New
GDC Mama Kandeh 17.38 5 New
APRC Fabakary Jatta 15.91 5 −38
PDOIS Sidia Jatta 8.94 4 New
NRP Samba Jallow 6.26 5 +4
PPP Yaya Ceesay 2.51 2 New
Independents 9.56 1 −3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker of the National Assembly before Speaker of the National Assembly
Abdoulie Bojang
APRC
Mariam Jack-Denton
UDP

Parliamentary elections were held in The Gambia on 6 April 2017.[1] They were first parliamentary elections since the inauguration of Adama Barrow as President and resulted in a landslide victory for the United Democratic Party, which won 31 of the 53 seats.