Shan Nationalities Democratic Party

Not to be confused with Shan Nationalities League for Democracy.

Shan Nationalities Democratic Party ရှမ်းတိုင်းရင်းသားများ ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ
Chairman	Sai Ai Pao
Vice-Chairman	Sai Saung Si
General Secretary	Sai Hla Kyaw
Founded	8 April 2010 (2010-04-08)
Headquarters	South Okkalapa Township, Yangon Region
Ideology	Shan interests
Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw	0 / 224
Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw	0 / 440
Seats in the Shan State Hluttaw	1 / 151
Election symbol

Party flag

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The Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (Burmese: ရှမ်းတိုင်းရင်းသားများ ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် ပါတီ [ʃáɴ táɪɴjɪ́ɴðámjá dìmòkərɛʔtɪʔ pàtì]; abbreviated SNDP), also known as the White Tiger Party or Kya Phyu Party^[1] is a political party in Myanmar (Burma).^[2]

Unlike the similarly named Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), the party prefers the status quo of 7 states and 7 regions, rather than the SNLD's preference for a federal system with 8 states.^[3]

History

The party was formally registered in April 2010. The party's headquarters are in South Okkalapa Township, Yangon, and its chairman is Sai Ai Pao. In the 2010 general election, the party contested seats in Shan State, Kachin State and the Mandalay Region. After the 2010 general election, the two SNDP representatives in the Shan State Hluttaw, Sai Ai Pao and Sai Naw Kham, were appointed ethnic affairs ministers of Shan State.

In December 2011, the party's head office moved to Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State.

House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw)

Election	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader
2010	3 / 224	496,039		3 seat; Opposition	Sai Ai Pao
(after) 2012	4 / 224			1 seats; Opposition	Sai Ai Pao

House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw)

Election	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader
2010	18 / 440	508,780	2.44%	5 seats; Opposition	Sai Ai Pao
(after) 2012	18 / 440			; Opposition	Sai Ai Pao

By-election

Election	Seats up for election	Seats contested by party	Contested seats won	Contested seats lost	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election
2012	37 (Pyithu) / 5 (Amyotha)	1 (Pyithu) / 3 (Amyotha)	0 (Pyithu) / 1 (Amyotha)	1 (Pyithu) / 2 (Amyotha)			1 seat gain from USDP
2014	13 (Pyithu) / 6 (Amyotha)

References

↑ http://www.mizzima.com/news/breaking-and-news-brief/5816-white-tiger-party-to-contest-in-five-seats-in-coming-by-elections.html
↑ http://www.mizzima.com/political-pro/new-parties/sndp.html
↑ Myint, Sithu Aung. "Sai Ai Pao, Chairman of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

Political parties in Myanmar

House of Nationalities (224)	National League for Democracy (135) Military (56) Union Solidarity and Development Party (12) Arakan National Party (10) Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (3) Ta'ang National Party (2) Zomi Congress for Democracy (2) Mon National Party (1) National Unity Party (1) Pa-O National Organisation (1) Independents (2)

House of Representatives (440)	National League for Democracy (255) Military (110) Union Solidarity and Development Party (30) Arakan National Party (12) Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (12) Pa-O National Organisation (3) Ta'ang National Party (3) Zomi Congress for Democracy (2) Kachin State Democracy Party (1) Kokang Democracy and Unity Party (1) Lisu National Development Party (1) Wa Democratic Party (1) Independents (1)

State and Regional Hluttaws (880)	National League for Democracy (475) Military (220) Union Solidarity and Development Party (71) Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (25) Arakan National Party (22) Ta'ang National Party (7) Pa-O National Organisation (6) Kachin State Democracy Party (3) Mon National Party (2) Wa Democratic Party (2) Zomi Congress for Democracy (2) All Mon Region Democracy Party (1) Democratic Party (1) Kayin People's Party (1) Kokang Democracy and Unity Party (1) Lahu National Development Party (1) Lisu National Development Party (1) Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (1) Tai-Leng Nationalities Development Party (1) Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State (1) Wa National Unity Party (1) Independents (1)

Ethnic Affairs Ministers (29)	National League for Democracy (21) Union Solidarity and Development Party (2) Arakan National Party (1) Akha National Development Party (1) Lahu National Development Party (1) Lisu National Development Party (1) Tai-Leng Nationalities Development Party (1) Independent (1)

Unrepresented parties	Arakan Liberation Party Chin National Party Chin Progressive Party Communist Party of Burma (banned) Confederate Farmers Party Democracy and Peace Party Democratic Party for a New Society Federal Union Party Inn National Development Party Karen National Party Myanmar Farmers Development Party National Democratic Force National Development Party Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party People's Party of Myanmar Farmers and Workers Shan State Progress Party Union Democratic Party

Political organisations	88 Generation Students Group United Nationalities Federal Council

Notable historical parties	Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League Arakan League for Democracy Burma Socialist Programme Party National United Front Rakhine Nationalities Development Party Thakins

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