General Liberation and Development Party

For ABOP, a trade union representing workers in the education sector in the Netherlands, see General Union of Education Personnel.

The General Liberation and Development Party (Dutch: Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij, ABOP) is a political party in Suriname, founded and chaired by ex-rebel leader Ronnie Brunswijk in 1990 after several members of the BEP were expelled. The former Vice President of Suriname, Robert Ameerali, is a member of the ABOP.

General Liberation and Development Party Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij
Leader	Ronnie Brunswijk
Founded	11 February 1990
Split from	BEP
Ideology	Maroon interests
National Assembly	9 / 51
Website
http://abop.sr/
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As a consequence of having originally split from the BEP, ABOP is similarly more popular among the country's Maroon community, especially in interior areas of the country.

In 2020, General Liberation and Development Party formed a coalition government with new president Chan Santokhi's Progressive Reform Party. Leader Ronnie Brunswijk became new Vice President of Suriname.^[1]

Electoral results

Election	No. of overall seats won	Votes	+/–	Districts won	Government	Notes
1991	0 / 51	616		-	Extra-parliamentary
1996	0 / 51	2,360		-	Extra-parliamentary
2000	0 / 51	3,160		-	Extra-parliamentary
2005	1 / 51		1	Marowijne: 1 (of 3)	Coalition	part of the A-Combination alliance with BEP and Seeka
2010	3 / 51		2	Marowijne: 2 (of 3) Sipaliwini: 1 (of 4)	Coalition	part of the A-Combination alliance with BEP and Seeka
2015	5 / 51	24,957	2	Paramaribo: 1 (of 17) Marowijne: 2 (of 3) Sipaliwini: 1 (of 4) Brokopondo: 1 (of 3)	Opposition	part of the A-Combination alliance with KTPI and PDO
2020	9 / 51	24,956	4	Paramaribo: 2 (of 17) Marowijne: 2 (of 3) Sipaliwini: 2 (of 4) Para: 1 (of 3) Brokopondo: 1 (of 3)	Coalition