1951 Surinamese general election

General elections were held in Surinam on 14 March 1951.[1] The result was a victory for the National Party of Suriname, which won 13 of the 21 seats.

1951 Surinamese general election
Surinam (Dutch colony)
← 1949 14 March 1951 1955 →

21 seats in the Estates
11 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Seats +/–
NPS Archibald Currie 13 0
VHP Jagernath Lachmon 6 0
KTPI Iding Soemita [nl] 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
J.C. de Miranda
NPS
Jacques Drielsma
Independent

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Party of Suriname130
United Hindustani Party60
Party for National Unity and Solidarity20
Agrarian Party0New
Christian-Social Party00
Congress Party0New
Total210
Registered voters/turnout38.4
Source: Nohlen

Elected members edit

Changes edit

  • Guno Kletter succeeded Lim A Po after by-election in 1953.
  • Jules Sof succeeded Murray after by-election in 1954.

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6