21 Party

History

The party was formed in 1922 following a split in the General Council of Burmese Associations (GCBA). The GCBA had planned to boycott the local and national elections due that year, but a group of 21 dissidents left the organisation to form a new party.[1]

In the elections the 21 Party won 28 of the 58 non-communal seats, becoming the largest party in the Legislative Council. However, it held less than a third of the total of 103 seats,[1] and Joseph Maung Gyi from the pro-British Independent Party was appointed head of government.

Prior to the 1925 elections the party was succeeded by the Nationalist Party.[2]

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References

  1. Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp150−151
  2. Fukui, p144
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