United Nationalities League for Democracy
The United Nationalities League for Democracy (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စု တိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးများ ဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ်; UNLD) was a political alliance in Myanmar.
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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][2]
- Arakan League for Democracy
- Arakan People's United Organisation
- Arakanese Peace and Human Rights Party
- Chin National League for Democracy
- Democratic League for the National Races of Shan State
- Democratic Organisation for Kayan National Unity
- Highlander's Democratic Party
- Kachin National Congress
- Kamans National League for Democracy
- Karen State National Organisation
- Kayah State Nationalities League for Democracy
- Lahu National Development Party
- Mon National Democratic Front
- Mro or Khami National Solidarity Organisation
- Shan Nationalities League for Democracy
- Shan State Kachin Democratic Party
- Union Karen League
- Pa-O National Organisation
- Ta'ang National League for Democracy
- Zomi National Congress
The alliance aligned itself with the National League for Democracy in 1990.[1] It contested 247 seats in the 1990 general elections.[3] 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.[1]
The alliance was dissolved by the military government in 1992.[1]
References
- 1990 multi-party democracy general elections Democratic Voice of Burma
- United Nationalities League for Democracy Chin National Community Japan
- Robert H Taylor (2009) The State in Myanmar, NUS Press
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