[1] The newly created National People's Party (NPP), led by incumbent President Adama Barrow, emerged victorious, winning 18 seats.

[2] A three-party coalition was subsequently established between the NPP, NRP and APRC, giving the government 29 seats.

[4][5] The Gambia uses a unique system of each voter casting a marble to their preferred candidate's ballot box.

ECOWAS deployed 40 election observers to all the 7 administrative regions in the Gambia to monitor the electoral process.

Mohamed Ibn Chambas, head of the ECOWAS observation mission, stated after observing the election process in the capital city of Banjul that the election was "conducted in a calm and transparent atmosphere, using the Gambian electoral process.