The Grassroots Development Movement (GDM) is a political party in

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

. The GDM was certified by the National Elections Commission in May 2023. The party ran in the 2023 Liberian elections and won no seats in the Senate or House of Representatives and received 2.2% of the vote in the presidential elections. After being defeated in the first round of elections, the party's presidential candidate Edward W. Appleton endorsed the Unity Party candidate

Joseph Boakai Joseph Nyumah Boakai (born 30 November 1944) is a Liberian politician who served as the 29th vice president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018, serving under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Previously, he served as Minister of Agriculture from 1983 to ...

Controversies

In voting precinct code 304005 the GDM was marked as the party for both Edward W. Appleton and VOLT candidate Jeremiah Whapoe on presidential record of count sheets.

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