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{{Infobox political party
| name = Kokang Democracy and Unity Party
| native_name =
| lang1 = Burmese
| name_lang1 = {{my|ကိုးကန့် ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် ညီညွတ်ရေးပါတီ}}
| lang2 = Chinese
| name_lang2 = {{lang|zh-Hans-CN|果敢民主团结党}}
| abbreviation = KDUP
| logo =
| colorcode = {{party color|Kokang Democracy and Unity Party}}
| chairman = Luo Xingguang
| leader1_title = Vice Chairman
| leader1_name = Yan Kyin Kan<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aung |first1=Ei Cherry |title=Yan Kyin Kan: 'Many Kokang people are afraid of politics' |url=https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/yan-kyin-kan-many-kokang-people-are-afraid-of-politics/ |access-date=21 January 2021 |work=Myanmar Now via Frontier Myanmar |date=13 May 2016}}</ref>
| leader2_title =
| leader2_name =
| foundation = {{start date and age|p=y|2010|04|29|df=y}}
| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap
 | [[Kokang people|Kokang]] interests
 | [[Chinese nationalism]]
 | [[Three Principles of the People]]
 | [[National conservatism]]
 | [[Anti-communism]]
}}
| position =
| headquarters = [[Lashio]], [[Shan State]]
| international =
| website =
| seats1_title = Seats in the [[Amyotha Hluttaw]]
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|224|hex={{party color|Kokang Democracy and Unity Party}}}}
| seats2_title = Seats in the [[Pyithu Hluttaw]]
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|440|hex={{party color|Kokang Democracy and Unity Party}}}}
| symbol = 
| flag = [[File:Flag of the Kokang Democracy and Unity Party.png|200px]]
| country = Myanmar
}}

The '''Kokang Democracy and Unity Party''' ('''KDUP''') is a [[political party]] in Myanmar (Burma) representing the interests of the [[Kokang Chinese]] and the administration in the [[Kokang Self-Administered Zone]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mizzima.com/political-pro/new-parties/kdup.html|title=Kokang Democracy and Unity Party|date=20 November 2010|work=Election 2010|publisher=Mizzima|access-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407034955/http://mizzima.com/political-pro/new-parties/kdup.html|archive-date=7 April 2012}}</ref>

== History ==
The party contested four constituencies in the [[1990 Myanmar general election|1990 general elections]], receiving 0.07% of the vote and failing to win a seat.<ref name="alts"/> The KDUP was re-established in 2010. In the [[2010 Myanmar general election|2010 elections]], it contested constituencies in [[Lashio Township|Lashio]], [[Kunlong Township|Kunlong]] and [[Hsenwi Township]]s in [[Shan State]], but again failed to win a seat.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.altsean.org/Research/2010/Key%20Facts/Results/Overall.php|title=All legislatures|date=2010|work=2010 Election Watch|publisher=Alternative Asean Network on Burma|access-date=2 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101081201/http://www.altsean.org/Research/2010/Key%20Facts/Results/Overall.php|archive-date=1 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="alts">{{cite web|url=http://www.altsean.org/Research/2010/Key%20Facts/Parties/Kokang%20Democracy%20and%20Unity%20Party.php|title=Kokang Democracy and Unity Party|date=2010|work=2010 Election Watch|publisher=Alternative Asean Network on Burma|access-date=2 April 2012|archive-date=29 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029171612/http://www.altsean.org/Research/2010/Key%20Facts/Parties/Kokang%20Democracy%20and%20Unity%20Party.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The KDUP contested one [[House of Nationalities]] seat in the [[2012 Myanmar by-elections|2012 by-elections]], Shan State's Constituency No. 3, fielding party's chairman, Luo Xingguang, who was believed to have ties to drug traffickers [[Lo Hsing Han]] and Liu Guoxi.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.shanland.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3264%3Akokang-party-leader-kin-to-king-of-opium&Itemid=301|title=Kokang party leader kin to "King of Opium"|date=26 October 2010|work=Shan Herald Agency|access-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331123023/http://www.shanland.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3264%3Akokang-party-leader-kin-to-king-of-opium&Itemid=301|archive-date=31 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://shanland.mongloi.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3246:proxy-parties-galore-in-shan-state&Itemid=301|title=Proxy parties galore in Shan State|date=15 October 2010|work=Shan Herald Agency|access-date=2 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608075843/http://shanland.mongloi.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3246:proxy-parties-galore-in-shan-state&Itemid=301|archive-date=8 June 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the [[2015 Myanmar general election|2015 elections]] the party succeeded in winning a seat in the [[House of Representatives (Myanmar)|House of Representatives]] and one seat in the [[Shan State Hluttaw]].

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