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The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction is an authoritarian political party in The Gambia, founded by army officers who staged a coup in 1994. It was formed in 1996 to support army leader Yahya Jammeh's campaign for the 1996 elections. Jammeh won the presidential elections of 18 october 2001, with 52.8% of the popular vote. At the last legislative elections, 17 January 2002, the party won 45 of 48 seats, 33 of them unopposed. The elections were boycotted by the oppositional United Democratic Party.

Political parties in The Gambia

Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction

 

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