Surinamese Labour Party

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Surinamese Labour Party Surinaamse Partij van de Arbeid
Abbreviation	SPA
Founded	1 July 1987
Preceded by	Nationalist Republican Party
Ideology	Social democracy Labourism
Political position	Centre-left
Seats in the National Assembly	0 / 51
Politics of Suriname Political parties Elections

The Surinamese Labour Party (Dutch: Surinaamse Partij van de Arbeid, SPA) is a political party in Suriname.

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.

In the 2020 elections, the SPA again won no seats. It contested in only 9 of the districts, and decided against running in Coronie.^[1]

Electoral results[]

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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