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
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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.

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

v t e Political parties in Suriname
Parliamentary	Progressive Reform Party National Democratic Party General Liberation and Development Party National Party Pertjajah Luhur Brotherhood and Unity in Politics
Extraparliamentary	Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy Democracy and Development through Unity Democratic Alternative '91 Democratic National Platform 2000 Democrats of the 21st Century Meeting Point 2000 Party for National Unity and Solidarity Political Wing of the FAL Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union Seeka Surinamese Labour Party Union of Progressive Surinamese
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