The Kokang Democracy and Unity Party (KDUP) is a

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in Myanmar (Burma) representing the interests of the Kokang Chinese and the administration in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone.

History

The party contested four constituencies in the 1990 general elections, receiving 0.07% of the vote and failing to win a seat. The KDUP was re-established in 2010. In the 2010 elections, it contested constituencies in Lashio, Kunlong and Hsenwi Townships in

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, but again failed to win a seat. The KDUP contested one House of Nationalities seat in the 2012 by-elections, Shan State's Constituency No. 3, fielding party's chairman, Luo Xingguang, who was believed to have ties to drug traffickers Lo Hsing Han and Liu Guoxi. In the

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the party succeeded in winning a seat in the

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and one seat in the Shan State Hluttaw.

References

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