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- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad
- Minister: Mamadou Tangara
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General elections were held in the Gambia on 11 March 1987. The election date had been announced on 1 January 1987 and nominations for presidential candidates closed on 9 February. A total of 113 candidates ran for the 36 elected seats. Both elections were won by the People's Progressive Party, whose leader Dawda Jawara remained president.
Results
President
Parliament
References
- ^ Arnold Hughes & David Perfect (2006) A political history of the Gambia, 1816–1994, University of Rochester Press, p338
- ^ Hughes & Perfect, p325