United National Pa-O Organisation

The United National Pa-O Organisation (UNPO) was a political party in Burma.

History

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Representing the Pa'O people of Shan State, the UNPO won three seats in the 1951–52 general elections.[1] It was reduced to one seat in the 1956 general elections, but returned to its previous strength of three seats following the 1960 elections in which it received around 50,000 votes.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p153