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Friday, 2 December 2016

Electoral Commission in Gambia Declares Adama Barrow Winner of The Presidential Election

The Gambia's president of 22 years, Yahya Jammeh has been defeated in presidential elections by opposition, Adama Barrow.
Adama Barrow's victory in the West African country may bring to an end Jammeh's 22-year rule.

Jammeh, who came to power in 1994 as a 29-year-old army officer following a military coup, had won four previous polls.
Barrow received 263,515 votes while Jammeh won 212,099, Alieu Momarr Njai, the electoral commission head, said in the capital Banjul on Friday.

"Having received 263,515 votes of the total votes cast in the election, I hereby declare Adama Barrow duly elected to serve as president of the Republic of Gambia," Njai said.
Many Gambians stayed up all night listening to the radio and tallying results as they were read out constituency by constituency.


News of Barrow's victory prompted thousands to take to the streets of Banjul in celebration - some on foot while others rode in cars and trucks and on motorbikes - as confused soldiers looked on.
"There will be celebrations, there will be disappointment, but we all know we are all Gambia," Njai said, calling for peace, tolerance and calm to be respected as it was during campaigning.


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