On the evening of March 28, 2023, the junta-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) released a statement declaring that 41 political parties, which include the National League for Democracy (NLD) and Shan National League for Democracy (SNLD), have had their registration cancelled and have been dissolved.
The decision of the military-controlled UEC has been strongly condemned by the US Department of State and the European Parliament, with the former stating, "The military regime’s decision to dissolve the political parties shows its continued contempt for the popular will of Burma’s people and multi-party democracy" and it "further demonstrates that the regime’s plans for deeply flawed elections, if held, will not represent the will of Burma’s voters."
Two additional political parties have been abolished since then and we have updated the list of abolished political parties below:
- Inn National Development Party (INDP)
- Lahu National Development Party
- Democratic Party (Myanmar)
- Kayen National Party
- Ta’ang (Palaung) National Party
- Party for Democracy and Peace
- Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP)
- Wunthanu Democratic Party
- National Democratic Party for Development
- Ethnic National Development Party (ENDP)
- Kaman National Development Party
- Bamar People’s Party
- National League for Democracy (NLD)
- Democratic Party for a New Society
- Myanmar National Congress Party
- Asho Chin National Party
- Shan National League for Democracy (SNLD)
- United National Congress Party
- National Prosperity Party
- Dawei Nationalities Party
- Federal Union Party
- Union Pa-O National Organization
- Khumi (Khami) National Party
- Democratic Party for a New Society
- Karen National Party
- Mro National Democracy Party
- Guiding Star Party
- 88 Generation Democracy Party
- Lhaovo National Unity and Development Party
- New Era Union Party
- Zo National Region Development Party
- National Development Party
- Daingnet National Development Party
- Arakan League for Democracy Party
- Kayah State Democratic Party
- National United Democratic Party (NUDP)
- The Yeomanry Development Party (YDP)
- Chin National League for Democracy Party
- Chin National Party (CNP)
- Kachin National Party
- Alliance of Myanmar’s Worker and Farmer Party (AMWFP)
- Shan State Kokang Democratic Party (SSKDP)
- Mro Nationality Party
(Remarks: The first 41 parties belong to the list of parties dissolved by the junta-appointed UEC as announced in the statement released in March 2023. The 42nd and 43rd parties in the list - SSKDP and MNP were abolished after re-/registration with the junta-appointed UEC.)
(Disclaimer: The information presented here is accurate as of 1 April, 2024. New developments will be promptly updated on this live page.)