Muhammed Magassy is a Gambian independent politician, who has been the National Assembly Member for Basse since 2012.
Magassy initially sought to be the APRC candidate for Basse constituency in the National Assembly during the 2012 election, but Selu Bah, the incumbent, was given the official APRC candidacy.
Magassy, therefore, decided to contest the seat as an independent.
[1] Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, Magassy served as a member of the executive of Coalition 2016, an opposition coalition backing Adama Barrow's candidacy.
The United Democratic Party (UDP) ended up one short of a supermajority in the election, but it has been suggested that Magassy would support them in a vote where a supermajority was required.