Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party
Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party ဖလုံ-စဝေါ် ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | U Saw Thein Aung |
| Secretary-General | U Saw Tin Hlaing |
| Founded | June 4, 2010[1] |
| Headquarters | Hpa-an, Kayin State, Myanmar |
| Ideology | Karen interests |
| Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw | 1 / 224 |
| Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw | 0 / 440 |
| Seats in the State and Regional Hluttaws | 0 / 880 |
The Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party (Burmese: ဖလုံ-စဝေါ် ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ; PSDP), also spelled Phlone-Sqaw Democratic Party, is a Karen political party in Myanmar.[2]
History
The party was established in 2010.[3] In the 2010 general elections it put forward four candidates for the House of Nationalities, winning three seats. Two of its five candidates were elected to the House of Representatives; it took over 70% of the vote in Karen State.[4]
Election results
House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw)
| Election | Leader | Total seats won | Total votes | Share of votes | +/- | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | U Saw Thein Aung | 3 / 224
|
77,825 | 0.38% | New | Opposition |
| 2015 | 0 / 224
|
40,039 | 0.18% | 3 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2020 | 0 / 224
|
Did not contest | Not recognised | |||
| 2025–26 | 1 / 224
|
40,109 | 0.32% | 1 | TBA | |
House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw)
| Election | Leader | Total seats won | Total votes | Share of votes | +/- | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | U Saw Thein Aung | 2 / 440
|
82,033 | 0.40% | New | Opposition |
| 2015 | 0 / 440
|
37,010 | 0.17% | 2 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2020 | 0 / 440
|
514 | 0.00% | 0 | Not recognised | |
| 2025–26 | 0 / 440
|
33,772 | 0.26% | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
References
- ^ "ကရင်အမျိုးသားပါတီ". 7Day News. 30 September 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ Political Parties Sign Election Code of Conduct The Irrawaddy, 26 June 2015
- ^ Myanmar Times - Election Parties Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine Myanmar Times, 2 September 2015
- ^ Karen parties and the vote New Mandala, 7 November 2015