The Ethnic Political Parties of Myanmar (2018 update) States/ States/ States/ Total No. of elected No. of candidates fielded by parties No. of candidates fielded by parties 2017 No. of candidates fielded by parties 2018 Union Union Union UPDJC Regions Regions Regions candidates in both 2015 General Elections By-Elections By-Elections No. Parties Parliament Parliament Parliament UPDJC Working NBF UNA Parliaments Parliaments Parliaments parliaments by parties 2015 2017 2018 Committees 2015 2017 2018 2015+2017+2018 Total LH UP S/R Ethnic Total LH UP S/R Ethnic Total LH UP S/R Ethnic 1 Akha National Development Party 1 1 1 7 1 5 1 1 1 0 2 All Mon Regions Democracy Party 1 1 1 1 x 35 7 10 17 1 1 1 0 3 Arakan League for Democracy Party 0 x 0 0 3 1 2 4 Arakan National Party 22 23 1 46 1 1 x 79 21 15 41 2 0 1 1 5 Arakan Patriot Party 0 x 16 5 3 8 0 0 6 Asho Chin National Party 0 x 10 2 6 2 0 0 7 Chin League for Democracy 1 1 x 27 7 5 14 1 0 2 2 8 Chin National Democratic Party 0 x 58 13 13 29 3 1 1 1 1 9 Chin Progressive Party 0 x 23 4 5 13 1 0 1 1 10 Daingnet National Development Party 0 3 1 2 0 0 11 Danu National Democracy Party 0 x 19 5 3 11 0 0 12 Danu National Organization Party 0 x 7 2 1 4 0 0 13 Dawei Nationalities Party 0 x 13 3 3 7 0 0 14 Eastern Shan State Development Democratic Party 0 7 2 1 4 0 0 15 Ethnic National Development Party 0 x 7 1 2 4 0 0 16 Federal Union Party 0 x 37 12 3 22 0 0 17 Inn National Development Party 0 x 6 1 1 3 1 0 0 18 Inn Nationalities League Party 0 x 5 1 3 1 0 0 19 Ka Man National Development Party 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 20 Kachin Democratic Party 0 x 32 8 3 21 0 1 1 21 Kachin State Democracy Party 1 3 4 1 1 55 14 8 33 0 0 22 Karen National Democratic Party 0 28 3 10 13 2 0 0 23 Karen National Party 0 x 25 4 1 16 4 0 0 24 Kayah State Democratic Party 1 1 2 1 x 53 10 19 23 1 1 1 0 25 Kayan National Party 0 x 13 3 2 8 0 0 26 Kayin People's Party 1 1 1 1 122 25 22 70 5 0 0 27 Kha Me National Development Party 0 x 5 2 3 0 0 28 Khumi (Khami) National Party 0 x 5 1 2 2 0 0 29 Kokang Democracy and Unity Party 1 1 1 x 6 2 4 0 0 30 Lahu National Development Party 2 2 1 29 9 1 18 1 2 2 0 31 Lhaovo National Unity and Development Party 0 21 6 3 12 0 0 32 Lisu National Development Party 2 3 5 1 1 28 7 2 18 1 0 0 33 Mon National Party 1 1 1 1 x 54 13 12 28 1 1 1 0 34 Mro National Democracy Party 0 x 4 1 2 1 0 0 35 Mro National Development Party 0 6 1 1 4 0 0 36 Mro National Party 0 x 5 2 3 0 0 37 Pao National Organization 4 6 10 1 1 x 22 6 3 13 0 0 38 Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party 0 x 48 9 13 22 4 1 1 0 39 Rakhine State National United Party 0 19 5 2 12 0 0 40 Shan Nationalities Democratic Party 1 1 1 x 206 56 19 123 8 7 2 5 2 1 1 41 Shan Nationalities League for Democracy 15 26 1 4 1 47 1 1 x 151 45 14 90 2 7 2 5 2 1 1 42 Shan State Kokang Democratic Party 0 x 10 3 7 0 0 43 Shan-ni & Northern Shan Ethnics Solidarity Party 0 x 17 1 2 14 0 1 1 44 Ta-Arng (Palaung) National Party 5 7 12 1 1 x 27 8 3 16 0 0 45 Tai-leng Nationalities Development Party 1 1 1 x 58 12 11 31 4 0 0 46 The Kachin National Congress 0 x 31 9 22 0 0 47 Union PaO National Organization 0 16 3 2 9 2 0 0 48 United Nationalities Federal Democracy Party 0 0 0 2 1 1 49 Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State 1 1 1 9 1 2 6 0 0 50 Wa Democratic Party 1 1 1 x 11 4 1 6 0 0 51 Wa Liberal Democratic Development Party 0 0 2 2 0 52 Wa National Unity Party 1 1 1 x 16 5 1 10 0 0 53 Women Party (Mon) 0 4 1 3 0 0 54 Zo National Region Development 0 6 1 1 4 0 1 1 55 Zomi Congress for Democracy 4 2 6 1 1 x 10 3 6 1 0 0 Total of EPPs 56 80 2 5 0 2 145 10 19 22 15 1515 369 234 863 49 24 7 0 17 0 17 6 2 7 2 *The list of ethnic political parties used in this matrix was established in June 2018. Some parties may have since dissolved, and others may have emerged from the ongoing merger processes. ** Candidate data was updated following the by-elections of November 2018..