United Nationalities League for Democracy explained

The United Nationalities League for Democracy (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စု တိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးများ ဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ်; UNLD) was a political alliance in Myanmar.

History

Following the reintroduction of multi-party democracy after the 8888 Uprising, the UNLD was formed in 1988 as an alliance of 25 ethnic-based parties, including:[1]

The alliance aligned itself with the National League for Democracy in 1990. It contested 247 seats in the 1990 general elections.[2] Under the UNLD banner it received 0.07% of the vote, winning one seat; U Htaung Kho Htan (a member of the Hill Tribe Democratic Party) in Tamu. In total UNLD member won 67 seats.[3]

The alliance was dissolved by the military government in 1992.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cncjp.org/UNLD-LA.pdf United Nationalities League for Democracy
  2. Robert H Taylor (2009) The State in Myanmar, NUS Press
  3. http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs4/1990_multi-party_elections.pdf 1990 multi-party democracy general elections