{"id":88571,"date":"2025-10-23T19:41:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T19:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth"},"modified":"2025-10-23T19:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T19:41:28","slug":"omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth","title":{"rendered":"Omar Ceesay: Election Results Show Political Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Former National Assembly Member for Niamina East, Omar Ceesay, has asserted that the true measure of a political party\u2019s or movement\u2019s growth lies in its performance at the polls, not in the size of its gatherings or the number of registered members.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ceesay emphasized that attendance at political events or registration with a party does not necessarily translate into votes. He noted that many individuals participate in political activities out of curiosity, professional relationships, or family ties, with no guarantee that they will vote for the party they appear to support.<\/p>\n<p>He also believes it is premature for newly formed parties and movements to assess or draw conclusions about their growth before contesting an election, stressing that being tested at the polls is essential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everyone who attends a political event or registers as a member can be considered a reliable voter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ceesay noted that, from a broader perspective, it is difficult to assess the growth of a political party or movement solely based on crowd sizes or membership figures. He explained that some individuals attend political events out of curiosity or to gather information, while others are simply drawn by the atmosphere, and many may not even hold a voter\u2019s card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn contemporary Gambian politics, election results serve as the primary measure of a party\u2019s or movement\u2019s growth. The uncertainty surrounding voters\u2019 decisions in the weeks leading up to an election can significantly alter the political landscape. Voters can be swayed overnight due to various behind-the-scenes factors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged newly established parties and movements to prioritize preparation and performance at the polls rather than making premature assessments based on attendance or membership statistics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, only the election results can truly reveal the extent of a party\u2019s or movement\u2019s growth over time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Former National Assembly Member for Niamina East, Omar Ceesay, has asserted that the true measure of a political party\u2019s or movement\u2019s growth lies in its performance at the polls, not in the size of its gatherings or the number of registered members. Ceesay emphasized that attendance at political events or registration with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":88570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-88571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Omar Ceesay: Election Results Show Political Growth - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Omar Ceesay: Election Results Show Political Growth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Former National Assembly Member for Niamina East, Omar Ceesay, has asserted that the true measure of a political party\u2019s or movement\u2019s growth lies in its performance at the polls, not in the size of its gatherings or the number of registered members. Ceesay emphasized that attendance at political events or registration with [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-23T19:41:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Omar Ceesay: Election Results Show Political Growth\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-23T19:41:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth\"},\"wordCount\":324,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761238393.134161.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth\",\"name\":\"Omar Ceesay: Election Results Show Political Growth - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761238393.134161.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-23T19:41:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761238393.134161.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761238393.134161.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Omar Ceesay: Election Results Show Political Growth\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Omar Ceesay: Election Results Show Political Growth\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\",\"name\":\"Gambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Omar Ceesay: Election Results Show Political Growth - Gambia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Omar Ceesay: Election Results Show Political Growth","og_description":"Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Former National Assembly Member for Niamina East, Omar Ceesay, has asserted that the true measure of a political party\u2019s or movement\u2019s growth lies in its performance at the polls, not in the size of its gatherings or the number of registered members. Ceesay emphasized that attendance at political events or registration with [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-10-23T19:41:28+00:00","author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Omar Ceesay: Election Results Show Political Growth","datePublished":"2025-10-23T19:41:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth"},"wordCount":324,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761238393.134161.jpg","keywords":["Gambia"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth","name":"Omar Ceesay: Election Results Show Political Growth - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761238393.134161.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-23T19:41:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761238393.134161.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761238393.134161.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Omar Ceesay: Election Results Show Political Growth"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/omar-ceesay-election-results-show-political-growth#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Omar Ceesay: Election Results Show Political Growth"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/","name":"Gambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}