List of political parties in Suriname

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This article lists political parties in Suriname. Suriname has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

The parties[]

Party			Abbr.	Position	Ideology	Leader	National Assembly
		Progressive Reform Party Dutch: Vooruitstrevende Hervormingspartij Sarnami Hindustani: प्रगतिशील सुधार दल	VHP	Centre to centre-left	Social democracy Third Way Populism	Chan Santokhi	20 / 51
		National Democratic Party Dutch: Nationale Democratische Partij Sarnami Hindustani: राष्ट्रीय लोकतांत्रिक दल	NDP	Centre-left to left-wing	Social democracy Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism	Dési Bouterse	16 / 51
		National Party of Suriname Dutch: Nationale Partij Suriname Sarnami Hindustani: सूरीनाम राष्ट्रीय दल	NPS	Centre to centre-left	Social democracy Third Way Pluralism	Gregory Rusland	3 / 51
		General Liberation and Development Party Dutch: Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij Sarnami Hindustani: सामान्य मुक्ति और विकास दल	ABOP	Big tent	Maroon interests	Ronnie Brunswijk	9 / 51
		Pertjajah Luhur Glorious Empire	PL	Centre	Javanese Surinamese interests	Paul Somohardjo	2 / 51
		Reform and Renewal Movement Dutch: Hervormings- en Vernieuwingsbeweging	HVB	Centre	Javanese Surinamese interests	Mike Noersalim	0 / 51
		Brotherhood and Unity in Politics Dutch: Broederschap en Eenheid in de Politiek Sarnami Hindustani: राजनीतिक बंधुत्व और एकता	BEP	Centre-left	Social democracy	[nl]	2 / 51

• New Front for Democracy and Development (Nieuwe Front voor Democratie en Ontwikkeling)
  • National Party of Suriname (Nationale Partij Suriname)
  • Progressive Reform Party (Vooruitstrevende Hervormingspartij)
  • Pertjajah Luhur
  • Surinamese Labour Party (Surinaamse Partij van de Arbeid)
• National Democratic Party (Nationale Democratische Partij)
• People's Alliance for Progress (Volksalliantie Voor Vooruitgang)
  • Democratic National Platform 2000 (Democratisch Nationaal Platform 2000)
  • Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy (Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie)
  • Party for National Unity and Solidarity (Kerukanan Tulodo Pranatan Ingit)
• A-Com
  • General Liberation and Development Party (Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij)
  • Brotherhood and Unity in Politics (Broederschap en Eenheid in de Politiek)
  • Seeka
• A1
  • Democratic Alternative '91 (Democratisch Alternatief '91)
  • Democrats of the 21st Century (Democraten van de 21ste Eeuw)
  • Political Wing of the FAL (Politieke Vleugel van de FAL)
  • Meeting Point 2000 (Trefpunt 2000)
• UOS-DOE
  • Union of Progressive Surinamese (Unie van Progressieve Surinamers)
  • Party for Democracy and Development through Unity (Partij voor Democratie en Ontwikkeling door Eenheid)
• Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union (Progressieve Arbeiders- en Landbouwersunie)
• Naya Kadan

See also[]

• Politics of Suriname
• List of political parties by country