The Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD) is a political party in

Myanmar 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 C. Wells, Joh ...

seeking to represent the interests of the Chin people.

History

Following the reintroduction of multi-party democracy after the

8888 Uprising The 8888 Uprising ( my, ၈၈၈၈ အရေးအခင်း), also known as the People Power UprisingYawnghwe (1995), pp. 170 and the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide protests, marches, and riots in Burma (present-day Myanmar) th ...

, the CNLD contested 13 seats in the 1990 general elections.Robert H Taylor (2009) ''The State in Myanmar'', NUS Press It received 0.4% of the vote, winning three seats: U.C.K. Taikwell in

Falam Falam (, ) is a town in north-western Burma (Myanmar) near Burma's western border with the Indian state of Mizoram. The town was founded by Taisun tribe. The British arrived to Falam in 1892, and became an important base for British rule of the ...

Za Hlei Thang Za Hlei Thang ( my, ဇာလှေထန်း) (6 April 1943 – 17 March 2018) was a Burmese politician who was elected Member of Parliament as the Chin National League for Democracy candidate in the 1990 Myanmar general election. After the ...

in Falam 2 and

U Shein Pe Ling U or u, is the twenty-first and sixth-to-last letter and fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''u'' (pr ...

Mindat Mindat may refer to: Places in Burma/Myanmar *Mindat, Chin State, in Burma *Mindat Township, in Burma *Mindat District in Chin State, Burma Other uses *Mindat Min Kanaung Mintha ( my, ကနောင်မင်းသား; 31 January 1820 � ...

.1990 multi-party democracy general elections
Democratic Voice of Burma The party was banned by the military government on 18 March 1992, but was a member of the

government-in-exile A government in exile (abbreviated as GiE) is a political group that claims to be a Sovereign state, country or semi-sovereign state's legitimate government, but is unable to exercise legal power and instead resides in a foreign country. Govern ...

. The party did not contest the 2010 general elections.Chin Progressive Party not to waste poll advantage
Network for Human Rights

References

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* {{Myanmar political parties 1989 establishments in Myanmar Political parties established in 1989 Political parties in Myanmar