The Surinamese Labour Party ( nl, Surinaamse Partij van de Arbeid, SPA) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

in Suriname. In the 2010 legislative elections, the party was part of the

New Front for Democracy and Development The New Front for Democracy and Development ( nl, Nieuw Front voor Democratie en Ontwikkeling) was a social-democratic political alliance in Suriname. At the legislative elections (25 May 2005), the alliance won 41.2% of the popular votes and 23 ...

that won 31.65% of the popular vote and 14 out of 51 seats in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

. 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 Coronie is a district of Suriname, situated on the coast. Coronie's capital city is Totness. The district border the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Surinamese district of Saramacca to the east, the Surinamese district of Sipaliwini to the sou ...

Electoral results

Representation

Members of the First Venetiaan Cabinet (1991-1996)

Members of the Second Venetiaan Cabinet (2000-2005)

Members of the Third Venetiaan Cabinet (2005-2010)

Chairmen

Fred Derby Frederik Marinus Emanuel Derby (March 31, 1940 – May 19, 2001) was a Surinamese politician and trade unionist. He was the only survivor of the December murders. In the years before his death he fought for an investigation into these events, an ...

: 1987-2001 * Siegfried Gilds: 2001-2009 * Guno Castelen: 2009-incumbent

References

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