Shan Nationalities Democratic Party
The Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (Burmese: ရှမ်းတိုင်းရင်းသားများ ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် ပါတီ [ʃáɴ táɪɴjɪ́ɴðámjá dìmòkərɛʔtɪʔ pàtì]; abbreviated SNDP), also known as the White Tiger Party or Kya Phyu Party[1] is a political party in Myanmar (Burma).[2]
Shan Nationalities Democratic Party ရှမ်းတိုင်းရင်းသားများ ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ | |
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| Abbreviation | SNDP |
| Chairman | Sai Ai Pao |
| Vice-Chairman | Sai Saung Si |
| General Secretary | Sai Hla Kyaw |
| Founded | 8 April 2010 |
| Headquarters | South Okkalapa Township, Yangon Region |
| Ideology | Shan interests Conservatism |
| Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw | 0 / 224
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| Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw | 0 / 440
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| Seats in the Shan State Hluttaw | 1 / 151
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Unlike the similarly named Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), the party prefers the status quo of 7 states and 7 regions, rather than the SNLD's preference for a federal system with 8 states.[3]
History
The party was formally registered in April 2010. The party's headquarters are in South Okkalapa Township, Yangon, and its chairman is Sai Ai Pao. In the 2010 general election, the party contested seats in Shan State, Kachin State and the Mandalay Region. After the 2010 general election, the two SNDP representatives in the Shan State Hluttaw, Sai Ai Pao and Sai Naw Kham, were appointed ethnic affairs ministers of Shan State.
In December 2011, the party's head office moved to Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State.
House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw)
| Election | Total seats won | Total votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election | Election leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 / 224 |
496,039 |  3 seat; Opposition |
Sai Ai Pao | |
| (after) 2012 | 4 / 224 |
1 seats; Opposition |
Sai Ai Pao | ||
House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw)
| Election | Total seats won | Total votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election | Election leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18 / 440 |
508,780 | 2.44% |  5 seats; Opposition |
Sai Ai Pao |
| (after) 2012 | 18 / 440 |
 ; Opposition |
Sai Ai Pao | ||
By-election
| Election | Seats up for election | Seats contested by party | Contested seats won | Contested seats lost | Total votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election |
| 2012 | 37 (Pyithu) / 5 (Amyotha) | 1 (Pyithu) / 3 (Amyotha) | 0 (Pyithu) / 1 (Amyotha) | 1 (Pyithu) / 2 (Amyotha) | 1 seat gain from USDP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13 (Pyithu) / 6 (Amyotha) |
References
- "White Tiger party to contest in five seats in coming by-elections". Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- "Shan Nationalities Democratic Party". Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- Myint, Sithu Aung. "Sai Ai Pao, Chairman of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
