The People's Democratic Movement is a political party in the Turks and Caicos Islands founded by James Alexander George Smith McCartney. The current leader is the Hon. Douglas Parnell.
According to the PDM's website www.votepdm.com, the People's Democratic Movement (PDM) is the oldest established political organization in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Founded in October 1975, the PDM was the first party to be elected to head the Government.
At the 2003 legislative elections, the party won 7 out of 13 seats. It lost two of these seats at a by-election on 7 August 2003. In the 9 February 2007 elections the party won only 2 out of 15 seats.
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