Not to be confused with Secular Proggresive Front (2002-2012), Secular Progressive Front, Secular Democratic Alliance, or Secular Democratic Forces.
Indian political party
Secular Progressive Alliance
Abbreviation
SPA
Chairman
M. K. Stalin (Tamil Nadu)
R. Siva (Puducherry)
Founder
M. Karunanidhi
Founded
April 2006
Preceded by
DMK-led Alliance
Ideology
Big tent Factions: Social democracy[1] Secularism[2] Communism[3] Marxism[4]
Political position
Centre-left to left-wing
ECI Status
Not Required
Alliance
INDIA (National)
Seats in Lok Sabha
40 / 40
Seats in Rajya Sabha
12 / 18
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies
158 / 234
(Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly)
8 / 33
(Puducherry Legislative Assembly)
Number of states and union territories in government
1 / 31
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Secular Progressive Alliance formerly known as Democratic Progressive Alliance is an alliance of Indian political parties formed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
^"Dravida Munnetra Kazgham (DMK)". Business Standard India. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^Soper, J. Christopher; Fetzer, Joel S. (2018). Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective. Cambridge University Press. pp. 200–210. ISBN 978-1-107-18943-0.
^Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-199-97489-4.
^"Party constitution". India: All India Forward Bloc. 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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