How to Register a Political Party ?
GUIDELINES FOR ORGANISATIONS SEEKING REGISTRATION AS POLITICAL PARTIES UNDER SECTION 105 OF THE ELECTIONS ACT
1. The application for registration is to be made on the prescribed Application Form obtainable from the Office of the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission on Kairaba Avenue, Latrikunda, Kanifing Municipality.
2. The application must be accompanied by a declaration signed by not less than five hundredregistered voters, at least 50 voters from each of the 7 Administrative Areas, in the forms provided by the Commission.
3. The prescribed registration fee of ten thousand Dalasis (D10,000.00) should be paid at the time of submitting the application.
4. The Constitution of the party must be enclosed with the application.
5. The principal objective of the party should be to participate in the elections and its internal organization should conform to democratic principles.
6. The party should have a national character and should not be formed on any sectional, religious, ethnic or regional basis.
7. The aims and objectives of the party should not be inconsistent with the Constitution and other laws of the country.
8. The name, emblem, colour, motto or symbol of the party should have no ethnic, religious or regional connotation.
9. Copy of the IEC’s Code of Election Campaign Ethics is provided with the Application Form.
10. Attention is also invited to Section 60 of the Constitution.
11. Attention is also invited to Part VIII of the Elections Decree, 1996.
