Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie | |
|---|---|
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| Founders | Dilip Sardjoe & Atta Mungra [1] |
| Founded | 14 September 1996 [2] |
| Dissolved | 10 March 2014 [3] |
| Split from | VHP |
| Merged into | NDP |
| Succeeded by | DNL [4] |
| Ideology | Social democracy Before 2010: [5] Indo-Surinamese interests |
The Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy (Dutch : Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie) was a political party in Suriname. [6]
At the legislative elections (25 May 2005), the party was part of the People's Alliance for Progress that won 14.5% of the popular vote and five out of 51 seats in the National Assembly. [7] The BVD itself won one seat. [8]
The BVD formed a coalition with the Political Wing of the FAL for the 2010 elections (25 May 2010). This coalition received 5.07% of the popular vote, but did not enter the National Assembly. [9]
Party members who opposed the merger decided to continue as "The New Lion" ( De Nieuwe Leeuw ) party, in reference to the logo of the BVD. [4]
| Election | No. of overall seats won | +/– | Government | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 / 51 |  5 | Coalition | Part of the VHP during the election |
| 2000 | 0 / 51 |  5 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2005 | 1 / 51 | 1 | Opposition | part of the Volksalliantie Voor Vooruitgang (VVV) |
| 2010 | 0 / 51 | 1 | Extra-parliamentary |
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