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On April 15, 2023, Local Elections for Councilors (commonly referred to as Councillorship Elections) of the 120 Gambian wards were successfully held. Local Government Mayoral and Chairpersons’ Elections in the eight (8) Gambian local government areas are taking place in the Republic of The Gambia on Saturday, May 20, 2023. By Gambian law, the conduct
On Saturday December 4, 2021, eligible Gambian voters will head to the polls to elect their President. A Presidential term in the Republic of The Gambia is 5 years. This year, 6 candidates are competing for office. Our friends at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) have been working hard in the days, weeks and months
Electoral Services International Inc. (ESI) has successfully completed its third biometric voter registration (BVR) project in The Gambia together with our partner the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). ESI’s experienced people, homegrown BVR software, and quality off-the-shelf hardware performed admirably during unprecedented times. In what can only be described as ESI’s most challenging BVR exercise to
Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) is underway and ongoing nationwide in The Gambia. It began on May 29, 2021 and will stop on July 11, 2021. Registration centres are open from 8am until 5pm Monday to Sunday. Of course, before registration could commence, Electoral Services International Inc. (ESI) had to deliver the BVR hardware, software, and
Electoral Services International Inc. (ESI) has the distinct honour to announce that we have been selected to assist the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in The Gambia with their voter registration for The Gambia’s upcoming 2021 National Elections. The IEC originally published an open international tender for the biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise in the fall
On February 8th, 2018, The Gambia rejoined the Commonwealth of Nations after having been apart from it for 5 years. Although it had originally joined in 1965, the move to rejoin was a full year in-the-making as the plan began in February 2017 before the formal re-application was filed on January 22, 2018. The application
On Thursday April 6, 2017, Parliamentary Elections took place in The Gambia. These were the first National Assembly Elections to take place since the Presidential Election in December of 2016 when Gambians voted in new President Adama Barrow to lead the West African nation. The Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Alieu Momarr Njai
