| Democratic Party | |
| Abbreviation: | DP |
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| Chairman: | U Thu Wai |
| Secretary General: | Daw Than Than Nu |
| Leader1 Title: | Vice-Chairman |
| Leader1 Name: | U Tin Swe |
| Leader2 Title: | Secretary |
| Leader2 Name: | Daw Cho Cho Kyaw Nyein |
| Spokesperson: | U Hla Myint |
| Ideology: | Liberal democracy |
| Headquarters: | Pazundaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar |
| Seats1 Title: | Seats in the Mandalay Region Hluttaw |
| Country: | Myanmar |
The Democratic Party (Burmese: ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ, in Burmese pronounced as /dìmòkəɹɛʔtɪʔ pàtì/; abbreviated DP) is a political party in Myanmar (Burma), founded in 1988. It was formally registered in May 2010, with its headquarters in Pazundaung Township, Yangon.[1]
The party's chairman is U Thu Wai,[2] a former political prisoner. The party's secretaries, Mya Than Than Nu and Cho Cho Kyaw Nyein, are the daughters of U Nu (former prime minister) and Kyaw Nyein (former deputy prime minister), all well-known Burmese political leaders in the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League.[3]
The party contested in the 2010 general election, winning 3 seats in the State and Regional Hluttaws. The party won only a single seat in the 2015 general election, out of the 52 seats it contested.[4] U Aung Shwe, the party's candidate representing Chan Aye Thar San Township for the Mandalay Region Hluttaw, won a majority of the votes, because that the candidate representing the National League for Democracy was rejected before the election.[5]