The Surinamese Labour Party ( nl, Surinaamse Partij van de Arbeid, SPA) is a

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Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

. In the 2010 legislative elections, the party was part of the

New Front for Democracy and Development The New Front for Democracy and Development ( nl, Nieuw Front voor Democratie en Ontwikkeling) was a social-democratic political alliance in Suriname. At the legislative elections (25 May 2005), the alliance won 41.2% of the popular votes and 23 ...

that won 31.65% of the popular vote and 14 out of 51 seats in the

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. The SPA got one seat out of these 14. In the

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, the SPA again won no seats. It contested in only 9 of the districts, and decided against running in Coronie.

Electoral results

Representation

Members of the First Venetiaan Cabinet (1991-1996)

Members of the Second Venetiaan Cabinet (2000-2005)

Members of the Third Venetiaan Cabinet (2005-2010)

Chairmen

* Fred Derby: 1987-2001 * Siegfried Gilds: 2001-2009 *

Guno Castelen Guno Henry George Castelen is a Surinamese Labour Party legislator and former Minister for Transportation, Communication, & Tourism. Alice Amafo Alice Amafo (born 4 February 1977) is a Surinamese politician and former government minister. She wa ...

: 2009-incumbent

References

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