The Surinamese Labour Party (, SPA) is a
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
in
Suriname
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...
.
In the
2010 legislative elections, the party was part of the
New Front for Democracy and Development
The New Front for Democracy and Development () 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 out of 51 seats in the National Assembly. And a ...
that won 31.65% of the popular vote and 14 out of 51 seats in the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...
. The SPA got one seat out of these 14.
In the
2020 elections, 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: 2009-incumbent
References
Labour parties
Political parties in Suriname
Social democratic parties in South America
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