Grassroots Development Movement

{{Short description|Political party in Liberia}}

The Grassroots Development Movement (GDM) is a political party in Liberia.{{Cite web |title=Political Party - Grassroots Development Movement (GDM) |url=https://www.necliberia.org/party_info.php?229991a7ef5ad6556f1952967d16823bfc315952=NTE%3D |access-date=November 17, 2023 |website=necliberia.org}} The GDM was certified by the National Elections Commission in May 2023.{{cite web|first=Lincoln G.|last=Peters|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202305310211.html|title=Liberia: NEC Certificates 10 New Political Parties|work=The New Dawn Liberia|publisher=AllAfrica|date=31 May 2023|accessdate=20 November 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.{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2023 |title=Remarkably close and well administered run-off election |url=https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/2023/EU%20EOM%20Liberia%202023%20Preliminary%20Statement%20run-off%20FINAL.pdf |access-date=November 17, 2023}} After being defeated in the first round of elections, the party's presidential candidate Edward W. Appleton endorsed the Unity Party candidate Joseph Boakai.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Obediah |date=November 9, 2023 |title=Liberia: Split in Grassroot Development Movement over Appleton's 'Unilateral' JNB Endorsement |url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-split-in-grassroot-development-movement-over-appletons-unilateral-jnb-endorsement/ |access-date=November 17, 2023 |website=frontpageafricaonline.com}}