Myanmar Farmers Development Party

Myanmar Farmers Development Party
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ တောင်သူလယ်သမား ဖွံ့ဖြိုးတိုးတက်ရေးပါတီ
Chairman Kyaw Swar Soe
Vice Chairwoman Khin Than Oo
Founded 6 November 2012 (2012-11-06)
Headquarters Tamwe Township, Yangon, Myanmar[1]
Membership 2,000,000 (claim)[2]
Colours Red
Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw
0 / 224
Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw
0 / 440
Seats in the State and Regional Hluttaws
0 / 880
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The Myanmar Farmers Development Party (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတောင်သူလယ်သမားဖွံ့ဖြိုးတိုးတက်ရေးပါတီ; MFDP) is a political party in Myanmar (Burma).[3] The party claims to have a membership of 2 million people, and had 286 candidates in the 2015 general election.[2]

The party campaigns on supporting farmers in Myanmar, being focused on modernizing and expanding the agricultural sector of Myanmar. The party also supports creating a peaceful end to the over 60 years of conflict in the country.[2]

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