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The 21 Party (Burmese: ၂၁ ဦးပါတီ) was a political party in Burma in the 1920s led by U Ba Pe.
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.
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, 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.
References
21 Party Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA