United Nationalities League for Democracy

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The United Nationalities League for Democracy (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စု တိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးများ ဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ်; UNLD) was a political alliance in Myanmar.

History[]

Following the reintroduction of multi-party democracy after the 8888 Uprising, the UNLD was formed in 1988 as an alliance of 25 ethnic-based parties, including:^[1][2]

• Arakan League for Democracy
• Arakan People's United Organisation
• Arakanese Peace and Human Rights Party
• Chin National League for Democracy
• Democratic League for the National Races of Shan State
• Democratic Organisation for Kayan National Unity
• Highlander's Democratic Party
• Kachin National Congress
• Kamans National League for Democracy
• Karen State National Organisation
• Kayah State Nationalities League for Democracy
• Lahu National Development Party
• Mon National Democratic Front
• Mro or Khami National Solidarity Organisation
• Shan Nationalities League for Democracy
• Shan State Kachin Democratic Party
• Union Karen League
• Pa-O National Organisation
• Ta'ang National League for Democracy
• Zomi National Congress

The alliance aligned itself with the National League for Democracy in 1990.^[1] It contested 247 seats in the 1990 general elections.^[3] Under the UNLD banner it received 0.07% of the vote, winning one seat; (a member of the ) in Tamu. In total UNLD member won 67 seats.^[1]

The alliance was dissolved by the military government in 1992.^[1]

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