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Union Solidarity and Development Party



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ပြည်ထောင်စုကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးနှင့်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးပါတီ


Abbreviation USDP
Chairman Than Htay
Secretary-General Thet Naing Win
Spokesperson Dr. Nandar Hla Myint
Vice-Chairman Myat Hein
Founder Thein Sein
Founded 8 June 2010 (8 years ago) (2010-06-08)
Preceded by Union Solidarity and Development Association
Headquarters
Dekkhinathiri Township, Naypyidaw
Ideology
Burmese nationalism
Conservatism[1]
Political position
Right-wing to far-right[2]
Colours Green
Seats in the House of Nationalities

11 / 224

Seats in the House of Representatives

30 / 440

Seats in the State and Regional Hluttaws

73 / 850

Ethnic Affairs Ministers

2 / 29

Party flag
Union Solidarity and Development Party flag.png
Website
www.usdp.org.mm

  • Politics of Myanmar

  • Political parties

  • Elections






The Union Solidarity and Development Party (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးနှင့်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးပါတီ; abbreviated USDP), which was registered on 8 June 2010 by the Union Election Commission, currently standing as an opposition political party, is the successor to the Burmese government's mass organisation, the Union Solidarity and Development Association. It was headed by President Thein Sein until 2013, and its headquarters are in Naypyidaw's Dekkhinathiri Township.[3]


In the 2010 general election, the USDP won 883 seats out of 1154 total seats, 259 seats of 325 seats from Pyithu Hluttaw, 129 seats of 168 seats from Amyotha Hluttaw and 495 seats of 661 seats from Region and State Hluttaw (holding the majority in all, except the Rakhine State Hluttaw).[4]


On 4 March 2011, two USDP MPs from Bago Region, Ant Gyi, a Pyithu Hluttaw MP representing Thanatpin Township, and Cho Nwe Oo, representing Constituency 7 (Oktwin and Htantabin Townships) were disqualified by the Union Electoral Commission for failing to meet the constitutional requirements for citizenship (as both have a parent who are not Burmese citizens).[5]




Contents






  • 1 Leadership


  • 2 Election results


    • 2.1 House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw)


    • 2.2 House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw)




  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Leadership


On 2 May 2011, Shwe Mann assumed the office as temporary chairman of USDP. Htay Oo as deputy chairman, Aung Thaung and Thein Zaw as Secretary 1 and 2. Maung Oo was appointed as Disciplinary Official of the USDP. Former Yangon Mayor Aung Thein Lin was appointed to lead the USDP's Yangon branch.[6]


On 16 October 2012, Thein Sein was re-elected as the chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) at the USDP's first party conference in Naypyidaw.[7] This is in direct contradiction to the 2008 Constitution of Burma, which states:[8]







As of October 2012, USDP's leadership was reorganised to form a 44-member Central Executive Committee, including:[7]




  • Chairman: Thein Sein

  • Vice-Chairman: Aye Myint

  • Vice-Chairman: Shwe Mann

  • Vice-Chairman: Htay Oo

  • General Secretary: Maung Maung Thein

  • Joint General Secretary: Thein Zaw

  • Secretary: Khin Aung Myint

  • Secretary: Thein Swe

  • Secretary: Aung Ko



Because of mounting criticism over his dual role, Thein Sein handed over the position of USDP chairman to Shwe Mann on 1 May 2013.[9]


On 13 August 2015 it was reported that chairman Shwe Mann and general secretary Maung Maung Thein had been removed from their positions.[10][11]



Election results



House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw)







































Election
Total seats won
Total votes
Share of votes
Outcome of election
Note
Election leader

2010


129 / 224





Increase 129

Majority government

Thein Sein

2012


124 / 224





Decrease 5

Majority government

Thein Sein

2015


11 / 224





Decrease 112

Opposition

Thein Sein


House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw)







































Election
Total seats won
Total votes
Share of votes
Outcome of election
Note
Election leader

2010


259 / 440


11,858,125
56.8%

Increase 259

Majority government

Thein Sein

2012


222 / 440





Decrease 37

Majority government

Thein Sein

2015


29 / 440


6,341,920
28.3%

Decrease 183

Opposition

Thein Sein


References





  1. ^ "Coup In Ranks Of Myanmar's Ruling Party Highlights Concern Over Suu Kyi". August 13, 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Myanmar is ripe for third-party opposition". Lowy Institute for International Policy. 12 May 2017.


  3. ^ "Union Solidarity Development Association/ Party". Mizzima News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010.


  4. ^ "Results - 2010 Election Watch". ALTSEAN Burma. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012.


  5. ^ Shwe Yinn Mar Oo; Soe Than Lynn (7 March 2011). "Two USDP MPs sacked from national parliaments". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 23 August 2011.


  6. ^ "Lower House speaker Thura Shwe Mann appointed USDP chairman". Mizzima News. 10 May 2011.


  7. ^ ab Wang Yuanyuan (16 October 2012). "President U Thein Sein re-elected as Myanmar's ruling party leader". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 17 October 2012.


  8. ^ "Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). Government of Myanmar. 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2012.


  9. ^ "Thein Sein resigns as chairman of Burma's ruling party". DVB News. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.


  10. ^ Zaw, Hnin Yadana. "Myanmar ruling party chief sacked in power struggle with president". reuters.com.


  11. ^ Doherty, Ben (13 August 2015). "Turmoil in Burma's military-backed ruling party as leaders are deposed". the Guardian.




External links



  • Official website of the Union Solidarity and Development Party

  • Official Facebook page








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