Kokang Democracy and Unity Party

The Kokang Democracy and Unity Party (KDUP) is a political party in Myanmar (Burma) representing the interests of the Kokang Chinese and the administration in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone.^[2]

Kokang Democracy and Unity Party
Burmese name	ကိုးကန့် ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် ညီညွတ်ရေးပါတီ
Chinese name	果敢民主团结党
Abbreviation	KDUP
Chairman	Luo Xingguang
Vice Chairman	Yan Kyin Kan[1]
Founded	29 April 2010 (14 years ago) (2010-04-29)
Headquarters	Lashio, Shan State
Ideology	Kokang interests Chinese nationalism Three Principles of the People National conservatism Anti-communism
Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw	0 / 224
Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw	0 / 440
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History

The party contested four constituencies in the 1990 general elections, receiving 0.07% of the vote and failing to win a seat.^[3] The KDUP was re-established in 2010. In the 2010 elections, it contested constituencies in Lashio, Kunlong and Hsenwi Townships in Shan State, but again failed to win a seat.^[4][3]

The KDUP contested one House of Nationalities seat in the 2012 by-elections, Shan State's Constituency No. 3, fielding party's chairman, Luo Xingguang, who was believed to have ties to drug traffickers Lo Hsing Han and Liu Guoxi.^[5][6] In the 2015 elections the party succeeded in winning a seat in the House of Representatives and one seat in the Shan State Hluttaw.