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Gambia Elections: President Barrow in slim, early lead

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December 5, 2021
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Preliminary results from four of the 53 constituencies shows Mr Barrow in the lead with 14,599 votes against his former political mentor Mr Darboe’s 6,188 votes.

Mr Barrow, a 56-year-old former security guard and property developer, ran against five rivals, including his former political mentor, Ousainou Darboe, 73, who was seen as the main challenger.

Preliminary results from four of the 53 constituencies showed Mr Barrow in the lead with 14,599 votes against Mr Darboe’s 6,188, the election commission’s chairman, Alieu Momarr Njai, said on state television in the early hours of Sunday.

Under the simple majority system, provisional results are expected to be announced later on Sunday with numbers from individual constituencies released in the interim.

Gambia uses a unique voting system – marbles dropped into each candidate’s ballot drum – to avoid spoiled ballots in a nation with a high illiteracy rate.

Earlier on Saturday, Mr Barrow cast his vote in Banjul and said he was confident of victory.

“I’m happy to see a large turnout from Gambian voters,” he said, accompanied by his two wives.

Other candidates include Essa Mbye Faal, who served as chief counsel of Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission that chronicled the abuses of Jammeh’s rule, and Mama Kandeh, who came third in 2016 and is backed by Mr Jammeh.

Critics say Mr Barrow has broken his promises, pointing to how he backtracked on a pledge to serve only three years after winning in 2016. However, Mr Barrow has argued the constitution requires him to serve out a full five-year term.

(Reuters/NAN)

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    Thanks towards putting this up. It’s understandably done.

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