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Burma Nationalist Party

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The Burma Nationalist Party (BNP) was a political party in Burma.

History

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The party won a single seat in the 1956 elections.[1] In the campaign for the 1960 general elections it called for the posts of president, prime minister and chief justice to be reserved for Buddhists;[1] It lost its seat in the elections.

References

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  1. ^ a b Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p120