1987 Gambian general election

General elections were held in the Gambia on 11 March 1987. The election date had been announced on 1 January 1987 and nominations for presidential candidates closed on 9 February. A total of 113 candidates ran for the 36 elected seats. Both elections were won by the People's Progressive Party, whose leader Dawda Jawara remained president.

1987 Gambian general election

← 1982 11 March 1987 1992 →
Registered	262,593
Presidential election
Nominee Dawda Jawara Sheriff Dibba Assan Musa Camara Party PPP NCP GPP Popular vote 123,385 57,343 27,751 Percentage 59.18% 27.51% 13.31%
Results by region
President before election Dawda Jawara PPP Elected President Dawda Jawara PPP

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Dawda Jawara	People's Progressive Party	123,385	59.18
	Sheriff Mustapha Dibba	National Convention Party	57,343	27.51
	Assan Musa Camara	Gambian People's Party	27,751	13.31
Total			208,479	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			262,593	–
Source: Hughes & Perfect[1]

Parliament

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Progressive Party	119,248	56.35	31	+4
	National Convention Party	55,251	26.11	4	–
	Gambian People's Party	31,604	14.93	0	New
	United Party–National Convention Party	3,210	1.52	1	–
	People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism	2,069	0.98	0	New
	Independents	233	0.11	0	0
Presidential appointees				8	0
Paramount chiefs' representatives				5	0
Attorney General				1	0
Total		211,615	100.00	50	+1
Registered voters/turnout		262,593	–
Source: Hughes & Perfect[2]

References

1. Arnold Hughes & David Perfect (2006) A political history of the Gambia, 1816–1994, University of Rochester Press, p338
2. Hughes & Perfect, p325