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Kokang Democracy and Unity Party
Political party in Burma

The Kokang Democracy and Unity Party (KDUP) is a political party in Myanmar (Burma) representing the interests of the Kokang Chinese and the administration in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone.

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History

The party contested four constituencies in the 1990 general elections, receiving 0.07% of the vote and failing to win a seat.2 The KDUP was re-established in 2010. In the 2010 elections, it contested constituencies in Lashio, Kunlong and Hsenwi Townships in Shan State, but again failed to win a seat.34

The KDUP contested one House of Nationalities seat in the 2012 by-elections, Shan State's Constituency No. 3, fielding party's chairman, Luo Xingguang, who was believed to have ties to drug traffickers Lo Hsing Han and Liu Guoxi.56 In the 2015 elections the party succeeded in winning a seat in the House of Representatives and one seat in the Shan State Hluttaw.

References

  1. "Kokang Democracy and Unity Party". Election 2010. Mizzima. 20 November 2010. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120407034955/http://mizzima.com/political-pro/new-parties/kdup.html ↩

  2. "Kokang Democracy and Unity Party". 2010 Election Watch. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 2010. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20151029171612/http://www.altsean.org/Research/2010/Key%20Facts/Parties/Kokang%20Democracy%20and%20Unity%20Party.php ↩

  3. "All legislatures". 2010 Election Watch. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 2010. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120101081201/http://www.altsean.org/Research/2010/Key%20Facts/Results/Overall.php ↩

  4. "Kokang Democracy and Unity Party". 2010 Election Watch. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 2010. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20151029171612/http://www.altsean.org/Research/2010/Key%20Facts/Parties/Kokang%20Democracy%20and%20Unity%20Party.php ↩

  5. "Kokang party leader kin to "King of Opium"". Shan Herald Agency. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120331123023/http://www.shanland.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3264%3Akokang-party-leader-kin-to-king-of-opium&Itemid=301 ↩

  6. "Proxy parties galore in Shan State". Shan Herald Agency. 15 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608075843/http://shanland.mongloi.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3246:proxy-parties-galore-in-shan-state&Itemid=301 ↩