Kayah State Democratic Party

The Kayah State Democratic Party (KySDP) 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) [my] and Kayah Unity Democracy Party [my].^[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]

Kayah State Democratic Party ကရင်နီပြည်နယ်ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ
Abbreviation	KySDP
Founded	2017 (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
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