The New Deal Movement (NDM) is 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, ...

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 Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...

. In the 2005 general election, the presidential candidate of the party,

George Klay Kieh, Jr. George Klay Kieh Jr. (born 2 March 1956) is a Liberian educator and independent politician, and an avid admirer of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Early life Kieh was born in Harbel, Firestone on March 2, 1956. He attended the University of ...

and his running mate

Alaric Tokpa Alaric Kormu Tokpa is a Liberian politician and political scientist. He ran alongside George Klay Kieh in the New Deal Movement and, as a pair, received 0.5% of the vote in the 11 October 2005 presidential election. Tokpa has been pursuing a Ph.D ...

won 0.5% of the votes, while the Party received 3.62% of the vote, good for three seats in the

House of Representatives of Liberia The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia, and together with the Senate comprises the Legislature of Liberia. The number of seats is fixed by law at 73, with each county being apportioned a ...

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