List of political parties in Suriname

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.

Parties

Party			Abbr.	Founded	Position	Ideology	Leader	National Assembly
		National Democratic Party Nationale Democratische Partij	NDP	1987	Left-wing	Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism	Jennifer Geerlings-Simons	18 / 51
		Progressive Reform Party Vooruitstrevende Hervormingspartij	VHP	1949	Centre to centre-left	Social democracy Third Way	Chan Santokhi	17 / 51
		General Liberation and Development Party Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij	ABOP	1990	Centre-left	Social democracy Maroon interests	Ronnie Brunswijk	6 / 51
		National Party of Suriname Nationale Partij Suriname	NPS	1946	Centre-left	Social democracy	Gregory Rusland	6 / 51
		Pertjajah Luhur Vol vertrouwen	PL	1998		Javanese Surinamese interests	Bronto Somohardjo	2 / 51
		Alternative 2020 Alternatief 2020	A20	2019	Right-wing		Steven Reyme	1 / 51
		Brotherhood and Unity in Politics Broederschap en Eenheid in de Politiek	BEP	1973	Centre-left	Social democracy Maroon interests	Ronny Asabina	1 / 51
		Reform and Renewal Movement Hervormings- en Vernieuwingsbeweging	HVB	2017		Javanese Surinamese interests	Mike Noersalim	0 / 51
		Democracy and Development through Unity Democratie en Ontwikkeling in Eenheid	DOE	1999		Reformism	Steven Alfaisi	0 / 51
		Surinamese Labour Party Surinaamse Partij van de Arbeid	SPA	1987	Centre-left	Social democracy Laborism	Joyce Amarello-Williams	0 / 51
		Democratic Alternative '91 Democratisch Alternatief '91	DA'91	1991	Centre-right	Liberalism	Angelic del Castilho	0 / 51
		Sustainable and Righteous Cohabitation Duurzaam en Rechtvaardig Samenleven	DRS	2014	Centre-left	Social democracy Laborism	Clifford Marica	0 / 51
		Social Democratic Union Sociaal Democratische Unie	SDU	2019			Celsius Waterberg	0 / 51
		Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union Progressieve Arbeiders- en Landbouwersunie	PALU	1977	Far-left	Socialism Marxism Left-wing nationalism	Jim Hok	0 / 51
		The New Lion De Nieuwe Leeuw	DNL	2012			Dharm Mungra	0 / 51
		National Development Party Nationale Ontwikkelings Partij	NOP				Melvin Clemens	0 / 51
		Party for National Unity and Solidarity	KTPI	1949		Javanese Surinamese interests	Iwan Ganga	0 / 51
		New Style KTPI Nieuwe Stijl KTPI	NSK	2014			Oesman Wangsabesari	0 / 51
		The New Wind De Nieuwe Wind	DNW	2019				0 / 51
		Political Wing of the FAL Politieke Vleugel van de FAL	FAL	1995				0 / 51
		Seeka	SEEKA	2001			Paul Abena	0 / 51

Former parties

• Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy (BVD)

See also

• Politics of Suriname
• List of political parties by country