22 September 2006 2011 → Turnout 58.6% 104,808 23,473 | Registered 670,336 264,404 104,808 67.3% 26.7% | |
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Presidential elections were held in the Gambia on 22 September 2006. Incumbent President Yahya Jammeh was re-elected with 67.3% of the vote. Ousainou Darboe, who finished second with 27% of the vote, rejected the official results, saying that the elections had not been free and fair and that there was widespread voter intimidation.
Electoral system
Many of the 989 polling booths used marbles, which were inserted into candidate drums instead of ballot papers due to the high illiteracy rate. The marble system is only used in Gambia, where it has been used since 1965.
References
Gambian presidential election, 2006 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA