Democratic Party (Myanmar)

The Democratic Party (Burmese: ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ, pronounced [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.[2]

Democratic Party
ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ
AbbreviationDP
ChairmanU Thu Wai[1]
Secretary-GeneralDaw Than Than Nu
SpokespersonU Hla Myint
Vice-ChairmanU Tin Swe
SecretaryDaw Cho Cho Kyaw Nyein
Founded1988 (1988)
HeadquartersPazundaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar
IdeologyLiberal democracy[1]
Seats in the Mandalay Region Hluttaw
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The party's chairman is U Thu Wai,[1] 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]

References
  1. "Democratic Party of Myanmar - About". Archived from the original on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  2. "Democratic Party (Myanmar)". Election 2010. Mizzima. 20 November 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  3. Ko Htwe (11 August 2010). "Democratic Party Complains of Intimidation". Burma Election 2010. The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  4. "Election Parties 2015: Democratic Party". Myanmar Times. The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  5. Khin Su Wai. "Who saw that coming? An astrologer enters the next Mandalay Region hluttaw". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
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