The 21 Party ( my, ၂၁ ဦးပါတီ) was a political party in
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
in the 1920s led by
U Ba Pe.
History
The party was formed in 1922 following a split in the
General Council of Burmese Associations
The General Council of Burmese Associations (GCBA), also known as the Great Burma Organisation ( my, မြန်မာအသင်းချုပ်ကြီး; ''Myanma Ahthinchokgyi''), was a political party in Burma.
History
The GCBA was for ...
(GCBA). The GCBA had planned to boycott the local and
national elections due that year, but a group of 21 dissidents left the organisation to form a new party.
[Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp150−151]
In the elections the 21 Party won 28 of the 58 non-communal seats, becoming the largest party in the
Legislative Council. However, it held less than a third of the total of 103 seats,
[ and ]Joseph Augustus Maung Gyi
Sir Joseph Augustus Maung Gyi ( my, ဆာ ဂျိုးဇက် အော်ဂပ်စတပ် မောင်ကြီး; 12 December 1871 – 9 March 1955) was a Burmese barrister, judge, politician and administrator who served as the A ...
from the pro-British Independent Party was appointed head of government.
Prior to the 1925 elections the party was succeeded by the Nationalist Party.[Fukui, p144]
References
{{Burmese political parties
Defunct political parties in Myanmar
1922 establishments in Burma
Political parties established in 1922
Political parties disestablished in the 1920s