List of political parties in Burma

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This article lists political parties in Burma. Burma is a dominant-party state with the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party in power. Other parties are legally permitted to exist, but are generally believed to have no realistic chance of winning power.

Defunct parties

• Communist Party of Burma (CPB)
• Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS)
• Arakan League for Democracy (ALD)
• National Unity Party (NUP)
• Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNLD)
• Zomi National Congress (ZNC)
• Parliamentary Democracy Party (PDP Burma)
• Mara People Party (MPP)

Political parties, which registered for 2010 general election

Name of Party	Acronym	Amyotha Hluttaw	Pyithu Hluttaw	State and Region Hluttaw
Union Solidarity and Development Party	USDP	124	212
National League for Democracy	NLD	5	39
Mro (or) Khami National Solidarity Organization	MMKNSO
National Unity Party	NUP	5	12
Lahu National Development Party	LNDP
Kokang Democracy and Unity Party	KDUP
Pa-O National Organization	PNO	3
Democratic Party (Burma)	DPM
Kayan National Party	KNP
Rakhine State National Force of Myanmar	RSNF	7	9	18
Kayin People's Party	KPP
Wa National Unity Party	WNUP	2
Union Kayin League	UKL
Taaung (Palaung) National Party	TPNP
All Mon Region Democracy Party	AMRDP	4	3	9
Democracy and Peace Party	DPP
Shan Nationalities Democratic Party	SNDP	4	18	31
United Democratic Party	United DP
The 88 Generation Student Youths (Union of Myanmar)	88GSY
The Union of Myanmar Federation of National Politics	UMFNP
National Political Alliances League	NPAL
Democratic Party for Myanmar New Society	DPMNS
Chin National Party	CNP	2	2
Wunthanu NLD (Union of Myanmar)	WNLD
Modern People Party	MPP
Union Democratic Party	UDP
Peace and Diversity Party	PDP
Chin Progressive Party	CPP
Inn National Development Party	INDP
Rakhine Nationalities Development Party	RNDP	7
Wa Democratic Party	WDP
Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party	PSDP	3	2
National Democratic Party for Development	NDPD
Ethnic National Development Party	ENDP
Myanmar Democracy Congress	MDC
Mro National Party	MNO
Kaman National Progressive Party	KNPP
Khami National Development Party	KNDP
National Democratic Force	NDF	4	8
Regional Development Party (Pyay)	RDPP
Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State	UDPKS
Kayin State Democracy and Development Party	KSDDP
National Development and Peace Party	NDPP
Military appointed		56	110
Other parties		7	10
Vacant			5

Mass Organization

• Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA)
• CNLD (Chin National League For Democracy.)

Opposition organizations in exile

• National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB)
• National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB)

Defunct significant parties

• Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL)
• Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP)
• Burma Workers Party (BWP)
• National United Front (NUF)

See also

• List of political parties