[3] The Democratic and Muslim Congress parties began holding joint meetings in September 1959, and on 7 April 1960 they announced the formation of a 'non-sectarian alliance'.
[5] The DCA fielded candidates in all five Bathurst constituencies in the 1960 elections,[3] winning three seats.
In the 1962 elections the alliance won only one seat, but was still invited to join Dawda Jawara's government.
For the 1966 elections it formed an alliance with the United Party, which won eight seats, but afterwards disappeared.
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