Graduates and Old Students Democratic Association explained

The Graduates and Old Students Democratic Association (Burmese: ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် တက္ကသိုလ်ဘွဲ့ရနှင့် ကျောင်းသားဟောင်းများအဖွဲ့; GOSDA) was a political party in Myanmar.

History

Following the reintroduction of multi-party democracy after the 8888 Uprising, the party contested ten seats in the 1990 general elections.^[1] It received 0.08% of the vote, winning one seat; U Maung Maung Aung in Pabedan.^[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