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Graduates and Old Students Democratic Association

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The Graduates and Old Students Democratic Association (Burmese: ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် တက္ကသိုလ်ဘွဲ့ရနှင့် ကျောင်းသားဟောင်းများအဖွဲ့; GOSDA) was a political party in Myanmar.

History[edit]

Following the reintroduction of multi-party democracy after the 8888 Uprising, the party contested ten seats in the 1990 general elections.[1] It received 0.08% of the vote, winning one seat; U Maung Maung Aung in Pabedan.[2]

The party was banned by the military government on 11 March 1992.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Robert H Taylor (2009) The State in Myanmar, NUS Press
  2. ^ a b 1990 multi-party democracy general elections Democratic Voice of Burma