Gambia opens nominations for 5 December presidential election
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ANG
Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission opened nominations for the 5 December presidential election, with 1,146,474 registered voters. Nominations will remain open until 14 November and 27 hopefuls had already collected the required forms, according to the ANG news agency citing local media.
Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission opened nominations on Tuesday for the presidential election on 5 December. The period will end on 14 November, according to the IEC timetable reported by the ANG news agency.
The official campaign will run from 16 November to 3 December, followed by a day of electoral silence on 4 December. The commission plans 1,773 polling stations and has completed the recruitment of electoral staff. Candidates include incumbent President Adama Barrow, representing the National People’s Party, opposition figure Ousainou Darboe, backed by the Gambia First coalition, and Kanifing Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda, candidate for the UNITE-Coalition 2026, according to the IEC.
The opening of nominations launches the formal phase of the presidential election, after the publication on 2 November of the figure of 1,146,474 registered voters and 27 aspirants. The election will be held five years after Adama Barrow’s re-election in December 2021.
