Gambia's electoral commission said Friday that opposition coalition candidate Adama Barrow had taken 45.54 percent of the vote in a stunning victory over longtime President Yahya Jammeh.

Barrow won 263,515 votes, while Jammeh took 212,099 votes (36.66 percent) and third party candidate Mama Kendeh 102,969 votes (17.80 percent), the Independent Electoral Commission said.