United Hill People's Congress

The United Hill People's Congress (Burmese: တောင်တန်းသားများ စည်းလုံးညီညွတ်ရေး ဦးစီးအဖွဲ့; UHPC) was a political party in Burma.

After they had accepted the inclusion of the Shan states in independent Burma, the Saophas joined the party, which was reorganised in 1947 to become the United Hill People's Congress, representing the traditional elite.

[3] By the 1956 elections U Htun Aye had formed the Shan State Peasants' Organisation (SSPO),[1] but the UHPC held 39 seats.

The party's popularity began to decrease as Shans became disenchanted with the government's policy towards them.

It contested the 1960 elections as an ally of the Clean faction of the AFPFL, receiving 1.1% of the vote as it was reduced to six seats.