The People's Democratic Front (PDF) was a

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Burma 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 ...

History

The People's Democratic Front was formed by

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politicians in 1951 in order to oppose the ruling Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL).Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp144–145 Its members included the

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, the Patriotic Alliance, the

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and the Burma Trades Union Congress.

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, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 The PDF won 19 of the 250 seats in the

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in the 1951–52 general elections, emerging as the main opposition to the AFPFL, which had won 199 seats. In 1955 it was succeeded by the National United Front alliance.

References

{{Burmese political parties Defunct political party alliances in Myanmar 1951 establishments in Burma Political parties established in 1951 1955 disestablishments in Burma Political parties disestablished in 1955