List of political parties in the Gambia
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Template:Short description Template:Politics of Gambia This article lists political parties in the Gambia. The Gambia was a multi-party political system starting from the 1960s, with the People's Progressive Party (PPP) led by president Dawda Jawara serving as the dominant party after the Gambia gained independence in 1965. Following the 1994 Gambian coup d'état, Yahya Jammeh was installed as president, and in 1996, the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) was established as the dominant party. Many opposition parties were either banned or suppressed and the APRC managed to stay in power with little opposition until 2016, when Jammeh was defeated by opposition candidate Adama Barrow in the presidential elections.
Parties
Parliamentary parties
Other parties
| Name | Abbr. | Founded | Leader | Political position | Ideology | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Peoples Party | APP | |||||
| Alliance for National Re-orientation and Development | ANRD | |||||
| Citizens’ Alliance | CA | |||||
| Gambia Action Party | GAP | |||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Gambia Democratic Congress | GDC | 2016 | Mama Kandeh | Centre to centre-left | Social democracy Third Way |
| Gambia for All | GFA | |||||
| Gambia Moral Congress | GMC | 2009 | Mai Ahmad Fatty | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress | GPDP | 2006 | Henry Gomez | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | National Convention Party | NCP | 1975 | Centre-left | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | People's Progressive Party | PPP | 1959 | Kebba E. Jallow | Centre to centre-left | Third Way Agrarianism |
Defunct parties
- Coalition 2016
- Democratic Congress Alliance
- Democratic Party
- Gambia National Party
- Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party (GSRP)
- Gambian People's Party (GPP)
- Muslim Congress Party
- National Alliance for Democracy and Development