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Mama Kandeh
Personal details
Born	(1965-07-12) 12 July 1965 (age 59)
Political party	Gambia Democratic Congress (2016–present) Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (until 2016)

Mama Kandeh (born 12 July 1965) is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from the Gambia. He is the founding leader of the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) political party, which he formed in the summer of 2016. He ran as a candidate in the Gambian presidential election of 2016 and received 17.1% of the votes.

Background

He once attended Crab Island School in Banjul, and Gambia Technical Training Institute [de] (GTTI) in Jeshwang, Serrekunda, Kanifing.

He was formerly a member of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction, which was the ruling party at the time, but was expelled and formed the GDC.

He pulled 17.8 % of the votes in the Gambian presidential election of 2016.

In November 2021, Mama Kandeh's candidacy for the presidential election of 2021-22 is validated by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI). He was endorsed by ex-President and former rival Yahya Jammeh. He ended up as the third with 12.32% of the vote in the 2021 election, which was won by incumbent president Adama Barrow.

References

1. "The Total Of Final Election Results". Independent Electoral Commission of The Gambia. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
2. "Gambia 2016: GDC's Mamma Kandeh Nominated". JollofNews. 7 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
3. "Why Yahya Jammeh lost". Africa Review. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
4. "Présidentielle de décembre en Gambie: 15 candidats rejetés". Voa Afrique (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-08.
5. "Jammeh Backs Mamma Kandeh For President But MoU Signing Takes Place Without Sheikh Tijan Hydara – The Fatu Network".
6. "IFES Election Guide | Elections: The Gambia President 2021". www.electionguide.org.

External links

• Official website :

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