21 Party
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The 21 Party (Burmese: ၂၁ ဦးပါတီ) was a political party in Burma in the 1920s led by .
History[]
The party was formed in 1922 following a split in the General Council of Burmese Associations (GCBA). The GCBA had planned to boycott the local and national elections due that year, but a group of 21 dissidents left the organisation to form a new party.[1]
In the elections the 21 Party won 28 of the 58 non-communal seats, becoming the largest party in the Legislative Council. However, it held less than a third of the total of 103 seats,[1] and from the pro-British Independent Party was appointed head of government.
Prior to the 1925 elections the party was succeeded by the Nationalist Party.[2]
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Categories:
- Defunct political parties in Myanmar
- 1922 establishments in Burma
- Political parties established in 1922
- Political parties disestablished in the 1920s