The Union National Democracy Party (UNDP) was a political party in

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

from 1988 to 1992.

History

The UNDP was formed on 16 December 1988 by

Aung Gyi Brigadier General Aung Gyi ( ; 16 February 1919 – 25 October 2012) was a Burmese military officer and politician. He was a cofounder of the National League for Democracy and served as president of the party. Early life He was born to a Bur ...

after he left the

National League for Democracy The National League for Democracy (, ; Abbreviation, abbr. NLD; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a deregistered liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (formerly Burma). It became the country's ruling party after a landslide victo ...

, of which he had previously been the chairman.1992: AUSTCARE Report on Burma Refugees
Australians Care For Refugees The party contested 247 of the 485 seats in the 1990 general elections,Robert H. Taylor (2009) ''The State in Myanmar'', NUS Press but received only 1.5% of the vote, the sixth-highest vote share, winning one seat – U Aung Thein in

Ywangan Ywangan Township (, ) is a township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exce ...

. The party was banned by the military government on 18 March 1992.1990 multi-party democracy general elections
Democratic Voice of Burma

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