The Lao Development Association was a political party in Laos.
History The party began as the Southern Bloc, a conservative group led by Leuam Insisiengmai and Boun Oum, and won 15 seats in the 1965 elections, emerging as the largest party.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p137 Once in parliament, it formed the core of the Group of Thirty-Three.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p688–689
The Group of Thirty-Three helped vote down the 1966 budget, leading to early elections in 1967. Following the elections the party was renamed the Lao Development Association. It was heavily defeated in the 1972 elections.
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