Shan Nationalities Democratic Party

Not to be confused with Shan Nationalities League for Democracy.

"SNDP" redirects here. For Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana, see Sree Narayana Trust.

The Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (Burmese: ရှမ်းတိုင်းရင်းသားများ ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် ပါတီ [ʃáɴ táɪɴjɪ́ɴðámjá dìmòkərɛʔtɪʔ pàtì]; abbreviated SNDP), also known as the White Tiger Party or Kya Phyu Party^[1] is a political party in Myanmar (Burma).^[2]

Shan Nationalities Democratic Party ရှမ်းတိုင်းရင်းသားများ ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ
Abbreviation	SNDP
Chairman	Sai Ai Pao
Vice-Chairman	Sai Saung Si
General Secretary	Sai Hla Kyaw
Founded	8 April 2010 (14 years ago) (2010-04-08)
Headquarters	South Okkalapa Township, Yangon Region
Ideology	Shan interests Conservatism
Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw	0 / 224
Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw	0 / 440
Seats in the Shan State Hluttaw	1 / 151
Election symbol
Party flag
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Unlike the similarly named Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), the party prefers the status quo of 7 states and 7 regions, rather than the SNLD's preference for a federal system with 8 states.^[3]

History

The party was formally registered in April 2010. The party's headquarters are in South Okkalapa Township, Yangon, and its chairman is Sai Ai Pao. In the 2010 general election, the party contested seats in Shan State, Kachin State and the Mandalay Region. After the 2010 general election, the two SNDP representatives in the Shan State Hluttaw, Sai Ai Pao and Sai Naw Kham, were appointed ethnic affairs ministers of Shan State.

In December 2011, the party's head office moved to Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State.

House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw)

Election	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader
2010	3 / 224	496,039		3 seat; Opposition	Sai Ai Pao
(after) 2012	4 / 224			1 seats; Opposition	Sai Ai Pao

House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw)

Election	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader
2010	18 / 440	508,780	2.44%	5 seats; Opposition	Sai Ai Pao
(after) 2012	18 / 440			; Opposition	Sai Ai Pao

By-election

Election	Seats up for election	Seats contested by party	Contested seats won	Contested seats lost	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election
2012	37 (Pyithu) / 5 (Amyotha)	1 (Pyithu) / 3 (Amyotha)	0 (Pyithu) / 1 (Amyotha)	1 (Pyithu) / 2 (Amyotha)			1 seat gain from USDP
2014	13 (Pyithu) / 6 (Amyotha)

See also

• Shan Nationalities League for Democracy

References

1. "White Tiger party to contest in five seats in coming by-elections". Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
2. "Shan Nationalities Democratic Party". Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
3. Myint, Sithu Aung. "Sai Ai Pao, Chairman of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 31 December 2015.