Arakan League for Democracy

The ALD was founded on 27 September 1989, in Yangon, and it was registered with the election commission on 2 October 1989. It contested 25 seats in the 1990 general elections,Robert H Taylor (2009) The State in Myanmar, NUS Press receiving the majority of the vote at the Rakhine State. Nationally it received 1.2% of the vote, winning 11 seats, making it the third-largest party.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p615 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}} However, the ALD was banned by the military government on 6 March 1992.[http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs4/1990_multi-party_elections.pdf 1990 multi-party democracy general elections] Democratic Voice of Burma

On 6 April 2012, the ALD was allowed to be re-established as a political party by the Union Election Commission, as its application complied with the law and rules of the election commission.[http://www.narinjara.com/main/index.php/ald-allowed-to-re-establish-as-political-party/ ALD Allowed to Re-Establish as Political Party] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601005959/http://www.narinjara.com/main/index.php/ald-allowed-to-re-establish-as-political-party/ |date=1 June 2012 }} Narinjara.com, 11 April 2012 In November, members of the ALD claimed that they had been threatened by local authorities with the abolition of the party, due to an alleged recruitment membership fraud.[http://www.narinjara.com/main/index.php/authorities-threaten-to-abolish-arakanese-party/ Authorities threaten to abolish Arakanese party] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602140846/http://www.narinjara.com/main/index.php/authorities-threaten-to-abolish-arakanese-party |date=2 June 2013 }} Narinjara.com, 28 November 2012

On 17 June 2013, The Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP) and the Arakan League for Democracy signed an agreement to merge under the name Arakan National Party (ANP).{{cite news|last=Naw Say Phaw Waa|title=Rakhine parties formalise merger|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/7194-rakhine-parties-formalise-merger.html|access-date=22 June 2013|newspaper=The Myanmar Times|date=21 June 2013}} With the formation of the new party, the Arakan League for Democracy was officially dissolved on 6 March 2014.{{cite web | url=http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/arakanese-political-parties-merge-form-anp.html | title=Arakanese Political Parties Merge to Form ANP | publisher=The Irrawaddy | date=14 January 2014 | access-date=3 February 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.moi.gov.mm/Moi:Eg/announcement/7/03/2014/id-1159 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415231404/http://www.moi.gov.mm/Moi:Eg/announcement/7/03/2014/id-1159 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 April 2014 |title=Rakhine National Party allowed as political party | Ministry Of Information |publisher=Moi.gov.mm |date=6 March 2014 |access-date=14 April 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.moi.gov.mm/Moi:Eg/announcement/7/03/2014/id-1160 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415231237/http://www.moi.gov.mm/Moi:Eg/announcement/7/03/2014/id-1160 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 April 2014 |title=Formation of Rakhine National Party approved | Ministry Of Information |publisher=Moi.gov.mm |access-date=14 April 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/arakanese-political-parties-merge-form-anp.html |title=Arakanese Political Parties Merge to Form ANP |publisher=Irrawaddy.org |access-date=14 April 2014}}

On 8 January 2017, former leaders of the ALD announced that they were splitting from the ANP and were re-registering with the Union Election Commission for the 2020 elections, citing internal issues and RNDP dominance in the ANP as the reasons for the split.{{cite news|last1=Mon|first1=Ye|title=Eyeing 2020 comeback, Rakhine's ALD party regroups|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/24472-former-ald-prepares-to-restart-the-party.html|access-date=11 January 2017|work=Myanmar Times|date=10 January 2017}}{{cite news|title=ALD Members Re-Establish Party Under Same Name|last1=Myint|first1=Moe|url=http://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/ald-members-re-establish-party-under-same-name.html|access-date=11 January 2017|work=The Irrawaddy|date=9 January 2017}} As of 5 October 2017, five members of parliament — four state Hluttaw members and one Amyotha Hluttaw member — have resigned from the Arakan National Party and joined the re-registered Arakan League for Democracy.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/state-mp-resigns-arakan-national-party.html|title=State MP resigns from Arakan National Party|work=The Myanmar Times|access-date=2017-12-24|language=en}}

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