Chin National League for Democracy

The Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD) is a political party in Myanmar seeking to represent the interests of the Chin people.

Chin National League for Democracy ချင်းအမျိုးသားဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ်
Abbreviation	CNLD
Founded	1989 (1989)
Headquarters	Chin State
Ideology	Chin interests
Seats in the House of Nationalities	0 / 224
Seats in the House of Representatives	0 / 440
Seats in the Chin State Hluttaw	1 / 20
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History

Following the reintroduction of multi-party democracy after the 8888 Uprising, the CNLD contested 13 seats in the 1990 general elections.^[1] It received 0.4% of the vote, winning three seats:^[2] U.C.K. Taikwell in Falam 1, Za Hlei Thang in Falam 2 and U Shein Pe Ling in Mindat.^[3]

The party was banned by the military government on 18 March 1992, but was a member of the government-in-exile.^[4]

The party did not contest the 2010 general elections.^[5]