Election

The Gambia 2021 Presidential Election

December 4, 2021

Adama Barrow won a second term with 53.23% of the vote in a competitive election with 89.34% turnout. EU observers assessed polling and counting positively and noted extensive citizen observation, while documenting structural legal gaps, opacity at the central election-management level, incumbency advantages and social-media disinformation that confused voters.

Official results

Certified by Independent Electoral Commission official constituency resultsTurnout 89.3%

Adama Barrow53.2%457,519
Ousainou Darboe27.7%238,253
Mama Kandeh12.3%105,902
Halifa Sallah3.8%32,435
Essa Mbye Faal2%17,206
Abdoulie Ebrima Jammeh1%8,252

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The Integrity Ledger

What the evidence establishes, and what it does not — side by side, each finding sourced and tiered.

What is established

Process violationsConfirmed
The EU mission found well-administered polling and counting but structural deficiencies, critical procedural and legal gaps, central-level opacity and an uneven campaign environment shaped by incumbency advantages and campaign monetization.
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Information operationsCorroborated
EU observers reported that social-media disinformation confused voters, while citizen fact-checking initiatives helped voters navigate the information environment. The report did not attribute this activity to a named operation or foreign actor.
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What is not established

No explicit negative findings recorded yet.

Process assessment

The IEC published a complete constituency table. The EU mission positively assessed voting and counting, while recommending fundamental legal reform, clearer procedures, stronger IEC transparency and polling-station-level publication of results.

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