[7] The People's Progressive Party remains active, but lacking the same level of support it garnered in the 20th century.

[9] The party won the 1962 general election, and in October 1963, upon the attainment of self-government, their leader, Dawda Jawara, became Prime Minister of the Gambia.

[12][13] The coup was put down by Senegalese intervention and as a result, Senegal and the Gambia formed the Senegambia Confederation.

[14] The Gambia was ruled militarily until 1996 when Yahya Jammeh was elected as president with the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) as his party.

[16] The People's Progressive Party was created by rural populations as a reaction against urban areas exerting control over the political arena post-colonialism.

[17] The People's Progressive Party's website currently states, "The PPP believes that a less pervasive and intrusive government as opposed to the current over-centralized and authoritarian regime is necessary in order to release the creative energies of the Gambian people and to encourage wider social, economic, and political inclusion.

"[18] Throughout the People's Progressive Party's period in Gambian national spotlight, there were times of growing discontent with the government.

The ideology that led to the coup was discontent with the PPP; alleged corruption and a lack of economic development over time.

[12][20] The main figure that dominated the APRC was Yahya Jammeh, who became president in 1996 and served until the 2016 Gambian presidential election.

[21] Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara served as the leader of the People's Progressive Party from 1959 until 1994 when he was overthrown.

[24] After Jammeh was not re-elected following the 2016 Gambian presidential election, Jallow was appointed the minister of agriculture as he was in the Jawara administration.