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Election Data

Gambia

○ Presidential Election

- Seat: 1

- Term of office: 5 years

○ Parliamentary Elections

· National Assembly

- Seats: 58

- Term of office: 5 years

· Local government

- Term of office: 5 years

○ Election system

· Number of polling stations: 1,422

· Opening and closing time of polling stations

- 8 am and 5 pm respectively

· Number of registered voters: 886,578 (2016 election)

· Voter turnout: 47.04% (2016 presidential election)

· Voting age: 18

- National Assembly: unicameral and directly elected through First-Past-The-Post voting in single-member constituencies and further 5 members appointed by the President

· Voting process: Verify Voting Card -> Receive a Marble/Token -> Drop the Marble/Token

· Counting process

1. Presiding Officer arranges the tokens on the counting tray

2. Presiding Officer records votes polled by each candidate on the Counting form

3. The Collation Center will collate polling station results

4. The Collation center shall add up all the polling station results in the constituency before handing it over to the Regional Electoral Officer

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Election Data

Gambia