Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy

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

Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie
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
Politics of Suriname Political parties Elections

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]

2010 elections

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]

Dissolution

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]

Electoral results

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

Timeline of party chairmen

• Atta Mungra, 1996-1998 ^[10]
• Tjan Gobardhan, 1998-2007 ^[8]
• Dilip Sardjoe, 2007-2014