National Assembly of The Gambia

The National Assembly of the Gambia is the unicameral legislature in the Gambia, authorized by Chapter VII of the Constitution, consisting of 53 elected members and five appointed by the President.
==History==
The Gambia's legislative representation system, based on universal adult suffrage, began in May 1962 with elections for a 32-seat House of Representatives. After independence in 1965, the People's Progressive Party (PPP), which was led by Dawda Jawara, continued to dominate the House of Representatives by winning a series of free, democratic elections in 1966, 1972, 1977,https://data.ipu.org/election-summary/PDF/GAMBIA_1977_E.PDF 1982,https://data.ipu.org/election-summary/PDF/GAMBIA_1982_E.PDF 1987,https://data.ipu.org/election-summary/PDF/GAMBIA_1987_E.PDF and 1992.https://data.ipu.org/election-summary/PDF/GAMBIA_1992_E.PDF
In July 1994, Jawara's government was overthrown by Yahya Jammeh, leading to the dissolution of the constitution and elected institutions. Political party activities were banned, but the ban was lifted in 1996 with the approval of a new constitution, but three Jawara-era parties remained prohibited.
On January 2, 1997, the National Assembly was renamed and legislative elections were held. Jammeh's APRC won 33 out of 45 seats, while the opposition UDP won 7, two went to the NRP and Independents, and the PDOIS won the remaining seat.https://data.ipu.org/election-summary/HTML/2117_97.htm
In August 2001, the Independent Electoral Commission (Gambia) lifted the ban on the PPP, GPP, and NCP, five months before the upcoming legislative election.
On April 7, 2017, The IEC announced that the UDP secured a majority of 31 out of 53 available seats in the 2017 legislative elections.https://data.ipu.org/parliament/GM/GM-LC01/election/GM-LC01-E20170406/
The pro-government bloc, NPP, APRC, and NRP, won a majority in the 2022 elections, sworn in the sixth legislature on April 17, 2022.https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ally-ex-gambian-dictator-sworn-152412642.html
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