Nomination of candidates for the April 6 National Assembly elections has passed off without incident and the 
campaign has already begun. The nomination has produced a record number of 239 candidates for 53 constituencies, or 4.5 candidates on the average contesting each constituency. Not a single seat is left uncontested unlike in the past when certain candidates are unopposed.
As far as gender is concerned a lot has to be done, only 16 out 239 candidates are female.
LIST OF POLITICAL PARTIES CONTESTING AND TOTAL CANDIDATES
- Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC)
- Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC)
- Gambia Moral Congress (GMC)
- National Convention Party (NCP)
- National Reconciliation Party (NRP)
- People’s Democratic Organisation, Independence and Socialism (PDOIS)
- Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress (GPDP)
- People’s Progressive Party (PPP)
- United Democratic Party (UDP)
- Independent
(239 candidates in all 53 constituencies will contest in The Gambia)
No. OF CANDIDATES PER REGION ALL TOGETHER
Banjul Administrative Area: 16 Candidates for 3 constituencies
Kanifing Administrative Aea: 37 Candidates for 7 constituencies
West Coast Region: 54 Candidates for 12 constituencies
Kerewan Administrative Area 30 Candidates for 7 constituencies
Mansakonko Administrative Area: 15 Candidates for 6 constituencies
Jangjangbureh Administrative Area 58 Candidates for 11 constituencies
Basse Administrative Area: 29 Candidates for 7 constituencies
No. OF INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
40 Independent Candidates across the country
TOTAL NO. OF FEMALE CANDIDATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS 16
