Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy

Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy

Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie
Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie
Founders	Dilip Sardjoe & Atta Mungra
Founded	14 September 1996
Dissolved	10 March 2014
Split from	VHP
Merged into	NDP
Succeeded by	DNL
Ideology	Social democracy; Before 2010:; Indo-Surinamese interests
	Politics of Suriname; Political parties; Elections;

The Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy (Dutch: Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie) was a political party in Suriname.^[6]

2005 elections

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
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

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^ "Wijdenbosch wil alle krachten bundelen". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 16 September 1996. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
^ Moesan, Marvin (10 March 2014). "NDP-Para verwelkomt BVD-structuren". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Ex-BVD kernen proclameren: De Nieuwe Leeuw". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). 19 February 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
^ Williams, Priscilla; Irodikromo, Melinda (15 April 2010). ""BVD is geen koelie-partij"". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "Alle partijen op een rij". Parbode (in Dutch). 1 May 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
^ "Suriname General Election Results - 25 May 2005". Caribbean Elections. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b "BVD: Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie". NOS Nieuws (in Dutch). 26 March 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "Suriname General Election Results - 25 May 2010". Caribbean Elections. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
^ "Broedermoord, omkoping en achterklap". Reformatorisch Dagblad via Digibron (in Dutch). 26 February 1998. Retrieved 30 June 2020.