The National Development Party ( my, အမျိုးသားတိုးတက်ရေးပါတီ; abbr. NDP) is a minor

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

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 Wells explai ...

. It was founded by

Nay Zin Lat Nay Zin Latt ( my, နေဇင်လတ်) is a Burmese politician and businessman. He is a former adviser to President Thein Sein Thein Sein ( my, သိန်းစိန်; IPA: ; born 20 April 1944) is a Burmese politician and retir ...

, a former political adviser to President

Thein Sein Thein Sein ( my, သိန်းစိန်; IPA: ; born 20 April 1944) is a Burmese politician and retired general in the Myanmar Army who served as the eighth President of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as Prime Minister ...

, who retired from his post on 30 April 2015. The party registered with the

Union Election Commission The Union Election Commission ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စု ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ ကော်မရှင်, abbreviated UEC) is the national level electoral commission of Myanmar (Burma), responsible for organising an ...

before the registration deadline on 30 April, and in advance for the 2015 general election. The party is organised by graduates and students of the ''Centre for Strategic and International Studies'', a local

NGO A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...

headed Nay Zin Lat himself. The party promotes an

ultranationalist Ultranationalism or extreme nationalism is an extreme form of nationalism in which a country asserts or maintains detrimental hegemony, supremacy, or other forms of control over other nations (usually through violent coercion) to pursue its sp ...

and Buddhist nationalist platform, espousing racialist views and advocating suffrage for monks. The party registered 354 candidates who contested in the 2015 general election, but failed to win a single seat.

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