When is the Gambia legislative election 2027?

Polling day is 2027-04-10 (tentative).

When will the final result of the National Assembly (elected seats) race be official?

Expected between 2027-04-10T20:00:00Z and 2027-04-16T23:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. 53 members are elected in single-member constituencies by first past the post; five more are nominated by the President (Constitution s.88), so they are not part of this count. Returning officers declare each constituency; the IEC publishes the full list. 2022 (vote Sat 9 Apr): 'results published by The Gambia's independent electoral commission on Sunday' 10 Apr, day 1, with the new Assembly due to be sworn in on Thursday 14 Apr (Al Jazeera, 10 Apr 2022). Al Jazeera then reported 19 NPP seats and 11 independents; the IEC's constituency results PDF shows 18 NPP winners and 12 independents, so early counts can be revised. We found no statutory deadline: the Elections Act, 2025 was not available to read online. The window runs to the end of Friday 16 Apr 2027, day 6, erring late beyond the 2022 precedent. The floor (20:00 UTC on polling night) is an estimate. Challenges: the Supreme Court has exclusive original jurisdiction over whether a person was validly elected to the National Assembly (Constitution s.127(1)(c)); it acts only on a petition and does not otherwise confirm the result. We could not read the petition deadline in the Elections Act, 2025.

Where are the official National Assembly (elected seats) results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Independent Electoral Commission (https://iec.gm/).

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Gambia legislative election 2027

Name: Gambia legislative election 2027
Start: 2027-04-10
Location: Gambia

Polling day Sat, 10 Apr 2027 (tentative). Counted by Independent Electoral Commission. Times are Banjul time; hover for UTC.

10–16 Apr 2027

Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Fri 16 Apr, 23:59 Banjul time.

Polls close: Sat 10 Apr, 17:00
First count by: Sun 11 Apr, 23:59
Counted by: Independent Electoral Commission
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: iec.gm

Count stages National Assembly (elected seats), 53 seats

11 Apr13 Apr15 Apr17 Apr

Election-night count

10–11 AprElection-night count: Sat 10 Apr, 17:00 → Sun 11 Apr, 23:59, precedent.

Final result

10–16 AprFinal result: Sat 10 Apr, 20:00 → Fri 16 Apr, 23:59, precedent.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateBanjul time. Polls close in 198 days.

Stage windows and their sources 2 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Sat 10 Apr, 17:00 → Sun 11 Apr, 23:59
precedent

IEC (iec.gm, Voting Procedures): 'Polls open at 8.00 am and close at 5.00pm', and voters still queuing at 5 pm may vote. The Gambia is UTC+0 with no DST, so polls close at 17:00 UTC. Votes are counted at each polling station; the constituency collation centre adds up the polling-station results and hands them to the Regional Electoral Officer (iec.gm, Counting Procedures). Constituency results are declared one by one from polling night. 2022: Al Jazeera, 9 Apr 2022, 'Results are expected on Sunday'; the IEC published results on Sunday 10 Apr 2022, day 1 (Al Jazeera, 10 Apr 2022). The window closes at the end of Sunday 11 Apr 2027. These are seat-by-seat declarations as they arrive, not the IEC's complete result for all 53 seats.
Final result
Sat 10 Apr, 20:00 → Fri 16 Apr, 23:59
precedent

53 members are elected in single-member constituencies by first past the post; five more are nominated by the President (Constitution s.88), so they are not part of this count. Returning officers declare each constituency; the IEC publishes the full list. 2022 (vote Sat 9 Apr): 'results published by The Gambia's independent electoral commission on Sunday' 10 Apr, day 1, with the new Assembly due to be sworn in on Thursday 14 Apr (Al Jazeera, 10 Apr 2022). Al Jazeera then reported 19 NPP seats and 11 independents; the IEC's constituency results PDF shows 18 NPP winners and 12 independents, so early counts can be revised. We found no statutory deadline: the Elections Act, 2025 was not available to read online. The window runs to the end of Friday 16 Apr 2027, day 6, erring late beyond the 2022 precedent. The floor (20:00 UTC on polling night) is an estimate. Challenges: the Supreme Court has exclusive original jurisdiction over whether a person was validly elected to the National Assembly (Constitution s.127(1)(c)); it acts only on a petition and does not otherwise confirm the result. We could not read the petition deadline in the Elections Act, 2025.

Results sources 6 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
iec.gm/cat_doc/election-results/	results-final	results index	no (results section without an election code)	OK 2026-09-25
iec.gm/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ELECTORALCALENDAR2026-2027.pdf	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	OK 2026-09-25
iec.gm/event/national-assembly-elections/	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
africa-press.net/gambia/all-news/iec-announces-2026-2027-election-dates	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_Gambian_parliamentary_election	see-also	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
iec.gm	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	OK 2026-09-25

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-09-25: IEC Electoral Calendar 2026-2027 (iec.gm PDF), iec.gm events page, iec.gm Voting Procedures and Counting Procedures, iec.gm results index and 2022 National Assembly results PDF, Constitution of The Gambia ss.88, 96, 127 (constituteproject.org), Africa Press 13 Oct 2025, Al Jazeera 9 and 10 Apr 2022 (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-09-25.

Questions and answers

When is the Gambia legislative election 2027?: Polling day is 2027-04-10 (tentative).
When will the final result of the National Assembly (elected seats) race be official?: Expected between 2027-04-10T20:00:00Z and 2027-04-16T23:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. 53 members are elected in single-member constituencies by first past the post; five more are nominated by the President (Constitution s.88), so they are not part of this count. Returning officers declare each constituency; the IEC publishes the full list. 2022 (vote Sat 9 Apr): 'results published by The Gambia's independent electoral commission on Sunday' 10 Apr, day 1, with the new Assembly due to be sworn in on Thursday 14 Apr (Al Jazeera, 10 Apr 2022). Al Jazeera then reported 19 NPP seats and 11 independents; the IEC's constituency results PDF shows 18 NPP winners and 12 independents, so early counts can be revised. We found no statutory deadline: the Elections Act, 2025 was not available to read online. The window runs to the end of Friday 16 Apr 2027, day 6, erring late beyond the 2022 precedent. The floor (20:00 UTC on polling night) is an estimate. Challenges: the Supreme Court has exclusive original jurisdiction over whether a person was validly elected to the National Assembly (Constitution s.127(1)(c)); it acts only on a petition and does not otherwise confirm the result. We could not read the petition deadline in the Elections Act, 2025.
Where are the official National Assembly (elected seats) results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Independent Electoral Commission (https://iec.gm/).