UDP presidential candidate, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, has said that the his party will emerged victorious saying “our expectation of victory is not just a fancy but [predicated] on the behavior and attitude of the people”.

"On behalf of UDP and its alliance partners, I hereby communicate to all of you, our heartfelt gratitude. Undoubtedly, Gambia depends on its good and patriotic sons and daughters for the salvation of our motherland. It is your efforts and tenacity that have contributed to the desire of change that has taken hold in Gambia in the past few weeks. The culmination will be Thursday, 24th November 2011, when the Yahya Jammeh tyranny would come to a final and complete termination, by the power of your votes," Mr Daboe says in his final message to Gambians before Thursday's presidential election.