Kachin State National Congress for Democracy

The Kachin State National Congress for Democracy (Burmese: ကချင်အမျိုးသားများဒီမိုကရေစီကွန်ဂရက်; KNCD) is a political party in Myanmar.

Kachin State National Congress for Democracy ကချင်အမျိုးသားများ ဒီမိုကရေစီကွန်ဂရက်
President	Galau Lang Yaw
Founded	1988 (1988)
Headquarters	Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar
Membership	13,000+[1]
Colours	Red, green, white
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History

Following the reintroduction of multi-party democracy after the 8888 Uprising, the party was established in 1988.^[2] The party contested nine seats in the 1990 general elections,^[3] receiving 0.11% of the vote and winning three seats; U G. Bawn Hlan in Chiphwe, U Zau Ein in Sumprabum and U Oo Byit Tu in Myitkyina 2.^[4]

The party was banned by the military government on 6 March 1992.^[4] However, it was later re-established, and boycotted the 2010 elections.^[5]