This is a list of political parties in

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

(also known as Burma).

Parties represented in the
Assembly of the Union The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စု လွှတ်တော် lit. Assembly of the Union) is the ''de jure'' national-level bicameral legislature of Myanmar (officially known as the ''Republic of the Union of My ...

Unrepresented parties

Arakan Liberation Party The Arakan Liberation Party ( my, ရခိုင်ပြည် လွတ်မြောက်ရေး ပါတီ; ALP) is a Rakhine political party in Myanmar (Burma). The party has an armed wing, the Arakan Liberation Army (ALA), which ...

* Arakan National Council * Chin National Front * Chin National Party * Chin Progressive Party *

Communist Party of Burma The Communist Party of Burma (CPB), also known as the Burma Communist Party (BCP), is a clandestine communist party in Myanmar (Burma). It is the oldest existing political party in the country. Founded in 1939, the CPB initially fought a ...

(banned) * Confederate Farmers Party * Dawei Nationalities Party *

Democracy and Human Rights Party The Democracy and Human Rights Party ( my, ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးပါတီ; abbr. DHRP) is a political party in Myanmar representing the Rohingya of northern Rakhine State. Histor ...

* Democracy and Peace Party * Democratic Party for a New Society * Ethnic National Development Party *

Federal Union Party The Federal Union Party ( my, ဖက်ဒရယ်ပြည်ထောင်စုပါတီ; abbreviated FUP) is a political party in Myanmar (Burma). The party was formed by sixteen ethnic political parties that were part of the ''Nati ...

Inn National Development Party The Inn National Development Party ( my, အင်းအမျိုးသား ဖွံ့ဖြိုးတိုးတက်ရေး ပါတီ; abbr. INDP) is an Intha political party in Myanmar. History The party was established in ...

* Kachin Independence Organization (banned) * Karen National Party *

Karen National Union The Karen National Union ( my, ကရင် အမျိုးသား အစည်းအရုံး; abbreviated KNU) is a political organisation with an armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), that claims to represent the Ka ...

* Karenni National Progressive Party * Kaman National Progressive Party * Khami National Development Party * Lahu Democratic Union * Modern People's Party * Mro National Party * Mro National Solidarity Organisation * Myanmar Farmers Development Party * National Democratic Force * National Democratic Party for Development * National Development Party * National Development and Peace Party * New Mon State Party * Palaung State Liberation Front * Peace and Diversity Party * Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party * People's Party of Myanmar Farmers and Workers * Regional Development Party of Pyay *

Restoration Council of Shan State The Restoration Council of Shan State ( my, သျှမ်းပြည်ပြန်လည်ထူထောင်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated RCSS) is a Shan political organisation in Shan State, Myanmar, founded in 1996 by S ...

* Shan State Progress Party *

Union Democratic Party The Union Democratic Party ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုဒီမိုကရေစီပါတီ, abbreviated UDP) is a Burmese political party founded in 2008. It was formally registered in May 2010, with headquarters in Bahan Township, ...

* United Democratic Party of Myanmar * United Kayin League *

United Wa State Party The United Wa State Party (UWSP) is the ruling party of Wa State, an autonomous region in northern Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). It was founded on 3 November 1989 as a merger between the Burma National United Party (BNUP) and several smaller, ...

* Wunthanu National League for Democracy

Defunct parties

21 Party The 21 Party ( my, ၂၁ ဦးပါတီ) was a political party in Burma in the 1920s led by U Ba Pe U or u, is the twenty-first and sixth-to-last letter and fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, ...

All-Shan State Organisation The All-Shan State Organisation ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်လုံးဆိုင်ရာ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်) was a political party in Burma. History The party was established as a breakaway from or rival to the United Hill P ...

* Anti-Fascist Organisation *

Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League The Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL), ; abbreviated , ''hpa hsa pa la'' was the dominant political alliance in Burma from 1945 to 1958. It consisted of political parties and mass and class organizations. The league evolved out of ...

* Anti-Separation League * Arakan League for Democracy * Arakanese Muslim Association * Arakanese National Unity Organisation *

Burma Democratic Party The Burma Democratic Party ( my, ဗမာပြည် ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် ပါတီ; BDP) was a political party in Burma. History The party was established by Dobama Asiayone founder U Ba Sein in the early 1950s.Haruhiro Fu ...

* Burma for the Burmans League *

Burma Muslim Congress The Burma Muslim Congress (BMC) was a Muslim political party in Burma (present-day Myanmar). History The party was founded around the same time as the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL), which it became affiliated with in December 1945 ...

Burma Nationalist Party The Burma Nationalist Party (BNP) was a political party in Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English ...

Burma Socialist Party The Burma Socialist Party (), initially known as the People's Freedom (Socialist) Party or PF(S)P, was a political party in Burma. It was the dominant party in Burmese politics after 1948, and the dominant political force inside the Anti-Fascist ...

* Burma Socialist Programme Party * Burma Workers Party * Chin Hills Congress * Chin National Organisation * Democracy Party * Democratic Organisation for Kayan National Unity *

Freedom Bloc The Freedom Bloc, later known as Dobama-Sinyetha Asiayone, was a political party in Burma during World War II. History The party was established by a merger of Dobama Asiayone (DAA), Ba Maw Ba Maw ( my, ဘမော်, ; 8 February 1893 & ...

General Council of Burmese Associations The General Council of Burmese Associations (GCBA), also known as the Great Burma Organisation ( my, မြန်မာအသင်းချုပ်ကြီး; ''Myanma Ahthinchokgyi''), was a political party in Burma. History The GCBA was for ...

* Graduates and Old Students Democratic Association *

Hlaing-Myat-Paw GCBA The Hlaing-Myat-Paw GCBA was a political party in Burma led by Chit Hlaing. History One of several parties originating from the General Council of Burmese Associations, the Hlaing-Myat-Paw GCBA was a merger of the factions led by Chit Hlaing and ...

* Home Rule Party *

Independent Arakanese Parliamentary Group The Independent Arakanese Parliamentary Group (IAPG) was a political party in Burma. History The IAPG was established by U Ba Myaing and U Kyaw Min shortly after Burmese independence in 1948 as a non-socialist alternative to the Anti-Fascist Pe ...

* Independent Party * Justice Party * Kachin National Congress * Kamans National League for Democracy * Karen National Association * Karen State National Organisation * Kayah Democratic League * Kayah National United League * Kayah State Nationalities League for Democracy * Mara People's Party * Mon National Front * Naga Hills Regional Progressive Party * National Parliamentary Organisation * National United Front * Nationalist Party * Party for National Democracy *

Patriot's Party The Patriot's Party ( my, မျိုးချစ်ပါတီ; also known as the Myochit) was a nationalist political party in Burma led by U Saw. History The party was formed in 1938 by U Saw after he left the United GCBA, and initially co ...

* Patriotic Alliance * Patriotic Old Comrades' League * People's Democratic Front * People's Educational and Cultural Development Organisation * People's Party * People's Peace Front *

Poor Man's Party The Poor Man's Party ( my, ဆင်းရဲသား ဝံသာနု အဖွဲ့; also known as the Sinyetha, or Proletarian) was a political party in Burma led by Ba Maw. History The party was formed in 1935 in order to contest the 19 ...

Rakhine Nationalities Development Party The Rakhine Nationalities Development Party ( my, ရခိုင်တိုင်းရင်းသားများတိုးတက်ရေးပါတီ; abbreviated RNDP) was a political party in Myanmar (Burma), representing the int ...

* Separation League *

Shan State Peasants' Organisation The Shan State Peasants' Organisation (SSPO) was a political party in Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some Briti ...

Swaraj Party The Swaraj Party, established as the ''Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party'', was a political party formed in India on 1 January 1923 after the Gaya annual conference in December 1922 of the National Congress, that sought greater self-government and ...

* Ta'ang National League for Democracy *

Thakins Dobama Asiayone ( my, တို့ဗမာအစည်းအရုံး, ''Dóbăma Ăsì-Ăyòun'', meaning ''We Burmans Association'', DAA), commonly known as the Thakhins ( my, သခင် ''sa.hkang'', lit. Lords), was a Burmese national ...

* Union Danu League for Democracy Party *

Union Karen League The Union Karen League was a political party in Burma led by Win Maung. History The party was formed by San Po Thin and Mahn Ba Khaing in 1947 after a split in the Karen Central Organisation, and became a member of the Anti-Fascist People's F ...

* Union National Democracy Party * Union Party *

United GCBA The United GCBA, also known as the Ngawbinwsaing ( Burmese for "Five Flowers Alliance"), was a political party in Burma led by U Ba Pe. History The party was formed in 1936 as a successor to the People's Party, and gained its name "Five Flowers ...

* United Hill People's Congress *

United National Pa-O Organisation The United National Pa-O Organisation (UNPO) was a political party in Burma. History Representing the Pa'O people , native_name_lang = my , image = Pa O Tribe Kalaw Shan Myanmar.jpg , caption = A Pa'O woman near Kalaw, sou ...

* United Nationalities League for Democracy

Political organisations

88 Generation Students Group The 88 Generation Students ( my, ၈၈ မျိုးဆက် ကျောင်းသားများ) is a Burma, Burmese pro-democracy movement known for their activism against the country's State Peace and Development Council, military ...

* Myanmar Democracy Congress * National Political Alliances League * Union of Myanmar Federation of National Politics *

United Nationalities Federal Council The United Nationalities Federal Council ( my, ညီညွတ်သောတိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးများဖက်ဒရယ်ကောင်စီ; abbreviated UNFC) is a coalition of five opposition gr ...

Union Solidarity and Development Association The Union Solidarity and Development Association ( ; abbreviated USDA) was a Burmese political party founded with the active aid of Myanmar's ruling military junta, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), on 15 September 1993. Hi ...

Governments in exile

* National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma *

National Council of the Union of Burma The National Council of the Union of Burma ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံအမျိုးသားကောင်စီ; ) was an opposition organisation in Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunc ...

National Unity Government of Myanmar The National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ( my, အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေး အစိုးရ; abbreviated NUG) is a Myanmar government in exile formed by the Committee Representing Pyida ...

External links

List of political parties registered for the 2015 Myanmar general election
{{Asia topic, List of political parties in

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