The party was formed by former members of the General Council of Burmese Associations prior to the 1925 elections, and was named after the Indian Swaraj Party.
[1] Its leadership included Ba Maw, N. C. Bannerjee and Toke Gyi, who was head of the party.
After his death he was succeeded by U Paw Tun.
In the 1925 elections the party won nine seats.
[2] Following the dissolution of the People's Party in the early 1930s, most of the former Swaraj Party leadership joined the Anti-Separation League.