The Gambia
West Africa · gm
Presidential republic with a directly elected president and a National Assembly elected mainly from single-member constituencies.
Profil zuletzt überprüft am July 23, 2026
The Gambia is distinctive for using glass marbles rather than paper ballots in national voting. Each candidate has a colour-coded ballot drum; the voter deposits one marble and the contents are counted after polls close. The Independent Electoral Commission administers registration, nominations, polling, counting and results.
Wie die Stimmabgabe heute funktioniert
- Wahlalter
- 18 und älter
- Wählerregistrierung
- Vom Wähler initiiert
- Ausweis
- Lichtbildausweis erforderlich
- Wahlpflicht
- Nein
- Briefwahl
- Nicht verfügbar
- Vorzeitige Stimmabgabe
- Nicht verfügbar
- Online-Wahl
- Nicht verfügbar
- Stimmabgabe aus dem Ausland
- Nicht verfügbar
Registration is in person and requires Gambian citizenship, age 18 and accepted identity evidence. Registered voters receive a voter card and vote at the assigned station.
Wie sich das Wahlrecht verändert hat
Jeder Eintrag dokumentiert eine Änderung darin, wer wählen durfte oder wie — Ausweitungen, Einschränkungen und Verfahrensreformen gleichermaßen.
- 1960Reform
The marble-and-drum voting system was introduced to make voting accessible in a country with low literacy.
History of elections in The Gambia - 1997Reform
The current Independent Electoral Commission was established under the constitutional framework.
History of elections in The Gambia - 2016Ausweitung
A presidential election produced the country's first electoral transfer of executive power.
A pillar of democracy
Sicherungen bei der Auszählung
- Stimmzettelart
- Gemischt
- Nachwahlprüfung
- Ad hoc
- Wahlverwaltung
- Unabhängige Kommission
- Inländische Beobachter
- Ja
- Internationale Beobachter
- Ja
The schema labels the physical system as mixed because the vote is cast with a marble rather than paper or electronics. Candidate drums are demonstrated empty, sealed for voting and counted in the presence of officials, agents and observers.
Wissenswertes
- The marble system has been used since 1960; the ballot drums make an audible signal when a marble is cast.Voting in The Gambia
- The 2026 calendar schedules nominations for 26 October–6 November and the official campaign for 10 November–3 December.Electoral Calendar 2026–2027
Wahlen in der Datenbank
- 2026The Gambia 2026 Presidential ElectionElection Watch
Personen
- StaatsoberhauptAdama BarrowPresident of The Gambia
Quellen
- Voting in The Gambia— Independent Electoral Commission of The Gambia
- Information on election observation— Independent Electoral Commission of The Gambia