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
		Progressive Reform Party Dutch : Vooruitstrevende Hervormingspartij	VHP	1949	Centre to centre-left	Social democracy Third Way	Chan Santokhi	20 / 51
		National Democratic Party Dutch : Nationale Democratische Partij	NDP	1987	Left-wing	Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism	Jennifer Geerlings-Simons	16 / 51
		General Liberation and Development Party Dutch : Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij	ABOP	1990	Centre-left	Social democracy Maroon interests	Ronnie Brunswijk	8 / 51
		National Party of Suriname Dutch : Nationale Partij Suriname	NPS	1946	Centre-left	Social democracy	Gregory Rusland	3 / 51
		Pertjajah Luhur Dutch : Vol vertrouwen	PL	1998		Javanese Surinamese interests	Bronto Somohardjo	1 / 51
		Brotherhood and Unity in Politics Dutch : Broederschap en Eenheid in de Politiek	BEP	1973	Centre-left	Social democracy Maroon interests	Ronny Asabina  [ nl ]	2 / 51
		Reform and Renewal Movement Dutch : Hervormings- en Vernieuwingsbeweging	HVB	2017		Javanese Surinamese interests	Mike Noersalim	0 / 51
		Democracy and Development through Unity Dutch : Democratie en Ontwikkeling in Eenheid	DOE	1999		Reformism	Steven Alfaisi	0 / 51
		Surinamese Labour Party Dutch : Surinaamse Partij van de Arbeid	SPA	1987	Centre-left	Social democracy Laborism	Joyce Amarello-Williams	0 / 51
		Democratic Alternative '91 Dutch : Democratisch Alternatief '91	DA'91	1991	Centre-right	Liberalism	Angelic del Castilho	0 / 51
		Sustainable and Righteous Cohabitation Dutch : Duurzaam en Rechtvaardig Samenleven	DRS	2014	Centre-left	Social democracy Laborism	Clifford Marica	0 / 51
		Social Democratic Union Dutch : Sociaal Democratische Unie	SDU	2019			Celsius Waterberg	0 / 51
		Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union Dutch : Progressieve Arbeiders- en Landbouwersunie	PALU	1977	Far-left		Jim Hok	0 / 51
		The New Lion Dutch : De Nieuwe Leeuw	DNL	2012			Dharm Mungra	0 / 51
		National Development Party Dutch : Nationale Ontwikkelings Partij	NOP				Melvin Clemens	0 / 51
		Party for National Unity and Solidarity	KTPI	1949			Iwan Ganga	0 / 51
		New Style KTPI Dutch : Nieuwe Stijl KTPI	NSK	2014			Oesman Wangsabesari	0 / 51
		The New Wind Dutch : De Nieuwe Wind	DNW	2019				0 / 51
		Alternative 2020 Dutch : Alternatief 2020	A20	2019			Steven Reyme  [ nl ]	0 / 51
		Political Wing of the 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