Alliance For Peace And Democracy (Liberia)

The Alliance for Peace and Democracy (APD) was a coalition of two

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 ...

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, the

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(LPP) and the United People's Party (UPP), that contested the 11 October 2005

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. APD candidate

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won 2.3% of the vote in the presidential poll. The coalition won five seats in the

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and three in the

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. Both parties campaigned as part of the National Democratic Coalition in the 2011 presidential and legislative elections. Political party alliances in Liberia {{Liberia-party-stub