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Surinamese Labour Party Surinaamse Partij van de Arbeid
Abbreviation	SPA
Leader	Guno Castelen
Founder	Fred Derby
Founded	1 July 1987
Preceded by	Nationalist Republican Party
Ideology	Social democracy Labourism
Political position	Centre-left
Seats in the National Assembly	0 / 51
Politics of Suriname Political parties Elections

The Surinamese Labour Party ( Dutch: Surinaamse Partij van de Arbeid, SPA) is a political party in Suriname.

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.

In the 2020 elections, the SPA again won no seats. It contested in only 9 of the districts, and decided against running in Coronie. ^[1]

Electoral results

Election	Leader	Seats	Votes	%	+/–	Government
1987	Fred Derby	0 / 51	2,704	1.57	New	Extra-parliamentary
1991		3 / 51			3	Coalition
1996		1 / 51			2	Opposition
2000		4 / 51			3	Coalition
2005	Siegfried Gilds	2 / 51			2	Coalition
2010	Guno Castelen	1 / 51			1	Opposition
2015		0 / 51	719		1	Extra-parliamentary
2020		0 / 51	922	0.34	0	Extra-parliamentary

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

References

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