1951 Surinamese general election
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21 seats in the Estates 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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.
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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National Party of Suriname | 13 | 0 | |||
United Hindustani Party | 6 | 0 | |||
Party for National Unity and Solidarity | 2 | 0 | |||
Agrarian Party | 0 | New | |||
Christian-Social Party | 0 | 0 | |||
Congress Party | 0 | New | |||
Total | 21 | 0 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 38.4 | ||||
Source: Nohlen |
Elected members
[edit]- National Party of Suriname
- United Hindustani Party
- Party for National Unity and Solidarity
Changes
[edit]- Guno Kletter succeeded Lim A Po after by-election in 1953.
- Jules Sof succeeded Murray after by-election in 1954.
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6