The Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party ( my, ဖလုံ-စဝေါ် ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ; PSDP), also spelled Phlone-Sqaw Democratic Party, is a

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History

The party was established in 2010. In the 2010 general elections it put forward four candidates for the

House of Nationalities The Amyotha Hluttaw ( my, အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်, ; House of Nationalities) is the ''de jure'' upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 224 members, of ...

, winning three seats. Two of its five candidates were elected to the

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; it took over 70% of the vote in Karen State.Karen parties and the vote
New Mandala, 7 November 2015

References

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