Kayah State Democratic Party
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Kayah State Democratic Party ကရင်နီပြည်နယ်ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ | |
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| Abbreviation | KySDP |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Headquarters | Loikaw, Kayah State |
| Ideology | Karenni interests |
| Seats in the House of Nationalities | 3 / 224 |
| Seats in the House of Representatives | 2 / 440 |
| Seats in the Kayah State Hluttaw | 3 / 20 |
The Kayah State Democratic Party (KySDP; Burmese: ကရင်နီပြည်နယ်ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ, romanized: karainnepyinaal demokaraattaitparte) is a de-registered political party in Myanmar seeking to represent the interests of the Karenni people. It was founded in 2017 as a merger between the All Nationals' Democracy Party (Kayah State) and Kayah Unity Democracy Party.[1] The KySDP ran 30 candidates in the 2020 general election and won eight seats.[2][3][4] On 28 March 2022, KySDP was officially dissolved by the junta-appointed Union Election Commission, along with 39 other parties.[5]
