The National Convention Party (NCP) is a centre-left political party in the Gambia. It was the main opposition party between 1975 and 1994. It was originally founded on 7 September 1975 when it first launched at Busumbala by former vice-president Sheriff Mustapha Dibba two weeks after his expulsion from the People's Progressive Party (PPP).
History
When the NCP was first established, then-incumbent president Dawda Jawara of the PPP predicted that the party would not last more than three months. Sheriff Dibba ran as the NCP presidential candidate in every election from 1982 to 1992, each time finishing second to Jawara.
The NCP initially welcomed the 1994 coup but was banned from participating in elections in August that year.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Election
!Party candidate
!Votes
!%
!Result
|-
! 1982
| rowspan="4" |Sheriff Mustapha Dibba
| 52,136
| 27.56%
| Lost
|-
! 1987
| 57,343
| 27.51%
| Lost
|-
! 1992
| 44,639
| 22.21%
| Lost
|-
! 2001
| 17,271
| 3.77%
| Lost
|}
National Assembly elections
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Position
! Position
|-
! 1977
| rowspan="4"|Sheriff Mustapha Dibba
| 40,212
| 22.70%
|
| New
| 2nd
|
|-
! 1982
| 32,634
| 19.65%
|
| 2
| 2nd
|
|-
! 1987
| 55,251
| 26.11%
|
| 1
| 2nd
|
|-
! 1992
| 45,953
| 22.85%
|
| 2
| 2nd
|
|-
| colspan="8"|The NCP did not participate in parliamentary elections from 1997 to 2017
|-
! 2017
|
| 1,773
| 0.47%
|
| 0
|
|
|}