All Liberia Coalition Party

The All Liberia Coalition Party (ALCOP) is a

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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 ...

. In the last

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held on 19 July 1997, the ALCOP presidential candidate Alhaji G.V. Kromah won 4.02% of the vote. The party won 3 of 64 seats in the

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and 2 of 26 in the

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. While international observers deemed the polls administratively free and transparent, they noted that it had taken place in an atmosphere of intimidation because most voters believed that former rebel leader and

National Patriotic Party The National Patriotic Party (NPP) is a political party in Liberia. It was formed in 1997 by members of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia following the end of the First Liberian Civil War. History The party contested the 1997 general el ...

(NPP) candidate Charles Taylor would return to

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if defeated. Kromah ran again as the party's presidential candidate in the 11 October 2005

. He won 2.8% of the vote. The party won one seat in the

and two in the

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