United Democratic Party (The Gambia)

Political party in the Gambia

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United Democratic Party

Abbreviation| UDP
Leader| Ousainou Darboe
Founded| 1996
Merger of| People's Progressive Party
National Convention Party
Gambian People's Party
Ideology| Social liberalism
Constitutionalism
Social democracy
Political position| Centre-left[1]
International affiliation| Socialist International (consultative)
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The United Democratic Party (abbr. UDP) is a political party in the Gambia, founded in 1996 by 3 political parties banned by the government of Yahya Jammeh (the PPP, NCP and GPP) led by human rights lawyer and freedom fighter Ousainou Darboe.[2] It is the largest opposition party in the National Assembly since 2022.

A prominent opposition party to the ruling government of Yahyah Jammeh and the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction party, the UDP ran Darboe as its candidate in every presidential election from 1996 to 2011, with Darboe coming second to Jammeh each time. After Darboe was jailed by the government in April 2016,[3], the UDP selected former UDP deputy treasurer Adama Barrow as its new leader and candidate for the 2016 presidential election. The UDP established Coalition 2016, a coalition of seven opposition parties, and the coalition endorsed Barrow as its candidate. Barrow officially resigned from the UDP to run as an independent candidate endorsed by the coalition. Barrow then won the election in an upset victory. When Jammeh refused to accept the election result, he was forcibly removed from office by a regional military intervention, and after Barrow's inauguration, Darboe was released from prison.

In the lead-up to the 2021 presidential election, Coalition 2016 collapsed, and the party once again ran Darboe as their candidate,[4] who lost the election and received 27.7% of the vote.[5] In the 2022 National Assembly election, the party won 15 of the 53 available seats.[6]

## Electoral history

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### Presidential elections

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Election  | Party candidate  | Votes | % | Result

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1996 | Ousainou Darboe | 141,387  | 35.84%  | Lost N
2001 | 149,448  | 32.59%  | Lost N
2006 | 104,808  | 26.69%  | Lost N
2011 | 114,177  | 17.36%  | Lost N
2016 | Adama Barrow[a] | 227,708  | 43.29%  | Won Y
2021 | Ousainou Darboe | 238,253  | 27.72%  | Lost N

### National Assembly elections

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Election  | Leader  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–  | Position | Government

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1997 | Ousainou Darboe | 104,568  | 33.97%  |

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|  7  |  2nd  | Opposition
2002 | Election boycotted |

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|  7  | —  | Extra-parliamentary
2007 | 57,545  | 21.84%  |

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|  4  |  2nd  | Opposition
2012 | Election boycotted |

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|  4  | —  | Extra-parliamentary
2017 | 142,146  | 37.47  |

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|  31  |  1st  | Coalition
(UDP-NRP-PPP)
2022 | 138,176  | 28.04  |

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|  16  |  2nd  | Opposition

## References

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1. ^ Ran as an independent candidate endorsed by Coalition 2016.

1. ^ "Our Philosophy". www.udp.gm. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
2. ^ Elections in the Gambia, African Elections Database.
3. ^ "Gambia opposition leader jailed". BBC News. 21 July 2016.
4. ^ "Election FAQs: The Gambia" (PDF). ifes.org. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
5. ^ "Barrow re-elected The Gambia's president, opposition cries foul". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
6. ^ "IEC announces final Legislative Election results - The Point". thepoint.gm. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

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Political parties in the Gambia

National Assembly|

* National People's Party (18)
* United Democratic Party (15)
* National Reconciliation Party (4)
* People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (2)
* Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (2)

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* Gambia Democratic Congress
* Gambia Moral Congress
* Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress
* National Convention Party
* People's Progressive Party

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* Coalition 2016
* National Alliance for Democracy and Development

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Defunct parties|

* Democratic Congress Alliance
* Democratic Party
* Gambia National Party
* Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party
* Gambian People's Party
* Muslim Congress Party
* National Democratic Action Movement
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