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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.	Position	Ideology	Leader	National Assembly
		Progressive Reform Party Dutch: Vooruitstrevende Hervormingspartij	VHP	Centre to centre-left	Social democracy Third Way	Chan Santokhi	20 / 51
		National Democratic Party Dutch: Nationale Democratische Partij	NDP	Centre-left to left-wing	Social democracy Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism	Dési Bouterse	16 / 51
		General Liberation and Development Party Dutch: Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij	ABOP	Big tent	Maroon interests	Ronnie Brunswijk	8 / 51
		National Party of Suriname Dutch: Nationale Partij Suriname	NPS	Centre to centre-left	Social democracy Third Way Pluralism	Gregory Rusland	3 / 51
		Pertjajah Luhur Glorious Empire	PL		Javanese Surinamese interests	Paul Somohardjo	2 / 51
		Brotherhood and Unity in Politics Dutch: Broederschap en Eenheid in de Politiek	BEP	Centre-left	Social democracy	Ronny Asabina [nl]	2 / 51
		Reform and Renewal Movement Dutch: Hervormings- en Vernieuwingsbeweging	HVB		Javanese Surinamese interests	Mike Noersalim	0 / 51
		Democracy and Development through Unity	DOE		Reformism	Steven Alfaisi	0 / 51
		Surinamese Labour Party	SPA	Centre-left	Social democracy Laborism	Guno Castelen	0 / 51
		Democratic Alternative '91	DA'91	Centre to centre-right	Liberalism	Angelic Alihusain-del Castilho	0 / 51
		De Nieuwe Leeuw	DNL			Dharm Mungra	0 / 51
		Nationale Ontwikkelings Partij	NOP			Melvin Clemens	0 / 51
		Party for National Unity and Solidarity	KTPI			Willy Soemita	0 / 51
		Political Wing of the FAL	FAL				0 / 51
		Seeka	SEEKA			Paul Abena	0 / 51

Former parties

• Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy (BVD)

See also

• Politics of Suriname
• List of political parties by country

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Parliamentary	Progressive Reform Party National Democratic Party General Liberation and Development Party National Party Pertjajah Luhur Brotherhood and Unity in Politics
Extraparliamentary	Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy Democracy and Development through Unity Democratic Alternative '91 Democratic National Platform 2000 Democrats of the 21st Century Meeting Point 2000 Party for National Unity and Solidarity Political Wing of the FAL Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union Seeka Surinamese Labour Party Union of Progressive Surinamese
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