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 |
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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 |