The Muslim Congress Party was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

the Gambia The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the List of African countries by area, smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for ...

. The party was founded during the pre-independence period to represent the Muslim population in the colony of Bathurst (now Banjul). The party was led by I.M. Garba-Jahumpa.Democracy in The Gambia by Carlene J Edie
The party emerged from the Bathurst Young Muslim Society.Hughes, Arnold.
From Green Uprising to National Reconciliation: The People's Progressive Party in the Gambia 1959-1973
', in Canadian Journal of African Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1. (1975), pp. 61-74. Garba-Jahumpa won one of the three directly elected seat in the Legislative Council in

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, as the MCP candidate.Hughes, Arnold ; Perfect, Davi.
Trade Unionism in the Gambia
' , in ''African Affairs'', Vol. 88, No. 353. (Oct., 1989), pp. 549-572. It contested the 1960 election in alliance with the People's Progressive Party (which was based in the rural areas). Ahead of the 1962 election, the MCP merged with the Democratic Party to form the

Democratic Congress Alliance The Democratic Congress Alliance (DCA) was a political alliance in the Gambia. It was formed in the run-up to the 1960 general elections by the Democratic Party and the Muslim Congress Party.Edie, CJ (2000Democracy in the Gambia: Past, present ...

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