Democracy Party (Myanmar) Explained

The Democracy Party (Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေစီပါတီ) was a political party in Myanmar.

History

Following the reintroduction of multi-party democracy after the 8888 Uprising, the Democracy Party was the first party to register when registration opened on 1 October 1988. It contested 105 seats in the 1990 general elections.[1] It received 0.5% of the vote winning a single seat, U Tun Hlaing in the Bahan constituency in Yangon.[2]

The party was banned by the military government on 11 March 1992.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Robert H Taylor (2009) The State in Myanmar, NUS Press
  2. http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs4/1990_multi-party_elections.pdf 1990 multi-party democracy general elections