The Shan State Peasants' Organisation (SSPO) was a political party in
Burma
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History
The party was formed by
U Htun Aye
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, former head of the United Hill People's Congress, Shan State People's Freedom League, in order to contest the 1956 Burmese general election, 1956 general elections.
[Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp148–149] It received 0.8% of the vote, winning two seats. It did not run in the 1960 Burmese general election, 1960 elections.
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References
{{Burmese political parties
Defunct political parties in Myanmar