Surinamese Labour Party

The Surinamese Labour Party (Dutch: Surinaamse Partij van de Arbeid, SPA) is a political party in Suriname. The party tends to be more popular amongst Afro-Surinamese people.

Surinamese Labour Party

Surinaamse Partij van de Arbeid
AbbreviationSPA
Founded1 July 1987
Preceded byNationalist Republican Party
IdeologySocial democracy
Labourism
Political positionCentre-left
Seats in the National Assembly
0 / 51

In the 2010 legislative elections, the party was part of the New Front for Democracy and Development that won 31.65% of the popular vote and 14 out of 51 seats in the National Assembly. The SPA got one seat out of these 14.

Election No. of

overall seats won

+/– Government
1987
0 / 51
New Extra-parliamentary
1991
3 / 51
3 Coalition
1996
2 / 51
2 Opposition
2000
4 / 51
3 Coalition
2005
2 / 51
2 Coalition
2010
1 / 51
1 Opposition
2015
0 / 51
1 Extra-parliamentary
2020
0 / 51
0 Extra-parliamentary


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