The Arakanese National Unity Organisation (ANUO) 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 ...
.
History
The party was established in 1955 by members of the
Independent Arakanese Parliamentary Group
The Independent Arakanese Parliamentary Group (IAPG) was a political party in Burma.
History
The IAPG was established by U Ba Myaing and U Kyaw Min shortly after Burmese independence in 1948 as a non-socialist alternative to the Anti-Fascist Pe ...
, who held nine seats at the time.
[Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p115] In the
1956 elections it opposed the
Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
The Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL), ; abbreviated , ''hpa hsa pa la'' was the dominant political alliance in Burma from 1945 to 1958. It consisted of political parties and mass and class organizations.
The league evolved out of t ...
and campaigned with the
National United Front
The National United Front ( my, အမျိုးသား ညီညွတ်ရေး တပ်ပေါင်းစု) was a political alliance in Myanmar, Burma.
History
The alliance was formed in 1955 as a successor to the People's Democr ...
. Receiving 1% of the vote,
[ the party won six seats.]Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p614 [ The elections saw it retain its six seats.][
]
References
{{Burmese political parties
Defunct political parties in Myanmar
1955 establishments in Burma
Political parties established in 1955