Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox political party

|country = Suriname

|name = Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy

|native_name = Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie

|colorcode = {{party color|Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy}}

|logo = File:Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy.jpeg

|founders = {{Nowrap|[[Dilip Sardjoe]] & [[:nl:Atta Mungra|Atta Mungra]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://fathh.com/suriname/nieuws/72872/|title=PL zal nooit meer met NDP werken|website=De Ware Tijd via fathh.com|date=4 March 2018|access-date=29 June 2020|language=nl}}</ref> }}

|founded = 14 September 1996 <ref>{{cite news|url=http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Lab/HAL15/63.html|title=Wijdenbosch wil alle krachten bundelen|website=NRC Handelsblad|date=16 September 1996|access-date=29 June 2020|language=nl}}</ref>

|split = [[Progressive Reform Party (Suriname)|VHP]]

|dissolved = 10 March 2014 <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/22075|title=NDP-Para verwelkomt BVD-structuren|last=Moesan|first=Marvin|website=Star Nieuws|date=10 March 2014|access-date=29 June 2020|language=nl}}</ref>

|successor = [[:nl:De Nieuwe Leeuw|DNL]]<ref name="lion">{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/9401|title=Ex-BVD kernen proclameren: De Nieuwe Leeuw|website=Star Nieuws|date=19 February 2012|access-date=29 June 2020|language=nl}}</ref>

|merged = [[National Democratic Party (Suriname)|NDP]]

|ideology = [[Social democracy]]<br/>'''Before 2010''':<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/738|title="BVD is geen koelie-partij"|last1=Williams|first1=Priscilla|last2=Irodikromo|first2=Melinda|website=Star Nieuws|date=15 April 2010|access-date=1 July 2020|language=nl}}</ref><br/>{{Nowrap|[[Indo-Surinamese]] interests}}

}}

The '''Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy''' ({{lang-nl|Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie}}) was a [[political party]] in [[Suriname]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://parbode.com/alle-partijen-op-een-rij/|title=Alle partijen op een rij|website=Parbode|language=nl|date=1 May 2010|access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref>

==2005 elections==

At the [[2005 Surinamese legislative election|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 of Suriname|National Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/sr/elections/sr_results_2005.asp|title=Suriname General Election Results - 25 May 2005|website=Caribbean Elections|access-date=16 May 2020|archive-date=1 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601014044/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/sr/elections/sr_results_2005.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> The BVD itself won one seat.<ref name="nos"/>

==2010 elections==

The BVD formed a coalition with the [[Political Wing of the FAL]] for the [[2010 Surinamese legislative election|2010 elections]] (25 May 2010). This coalition received 5.07% of the popular vote, but did not enter the [[National Assembly of Suriname|National Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/sr/elections/sr_results_2010.asp|title=Suriname General Election Results - 25 May 2010|website=Caribbean Elections|access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>

==Dissolution==

Party members who opposed the merger decided to continue as "The New Lion" (''[[:nl:De Nieuwe Leeuw|De Nieuwe Leeuw]]'') party, in reference to the logo of the BVD.<ref name="lion"/>

== Electoral results ==

{| class="wikitable"

!Election

!No. of

overall seats won

!+/–

!Government

!Notes

|-

![[1996 Surinamese general election|1996]]

|{{Composition bar|5|51|{{party color|Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy}}}}

|{{increase}} 5

|'''Coalition'''

|Part of the [[Progressive Reform Party (Suriname)|VHP]] during the election

|-

![[2000 Surinamese general election|2000]]

|{{Composition bar|0|51}}

|{{decrease}} 5

|Extra-parliamentary

|

|-

![[2005 Surinamese general election|2005]]

|{{Composition bar|1|51|{{party color|Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy}}}}

|{{increase}} 1

|Opposition

|part of the [[People's Alliance for Progress|Volksalliantie Voor Vooruitgang (VVV)]]

|-

![[2010 Surinamese general election|2010]]

|{{Composition bar|0|51}}

|{{decrease}} 1

|Extra-parliamentary

|

|}

== Timeline of party chairmen ==

* [[:nl:Atta Mungra|Atta Mungra]], 1996-1998 <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digibron.nl/viewer/collectie/Digibron/offset/6/zoekwoord/atta+mungra/id/e3724b57c64c18ce8d2fd1a3c8b01d41|title=Broedermoord, omkoping en achterklap|website=Reformatorisch Dagblad via Digibron|date=26 February 1998|access-date=30 June 2020|language=nl}}</ref>

* [[:nl:Tjan Gobardhan|Tjan Gobardhan]], 1998-2007 <ref name="nos">{{cite news|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/146414-bvd-basispartij-voor-vernieuwing-en-democratie.html|title=BVD: Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie|website=NOS Nieuws|date=26 March 2010|access-date=30 June 2020|language=nl}}</ref>

* [[Dilip Sardjoe]], 2007-2014

==References==

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{{Surinamese political parties}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Basic Party For Renewal And Democracy}}

[[Category:Defunct political parties in Suriname]]

{{Suriname-party-stub}}