1951 Surinamese general election

1951 Surinamese general election
	21 seats in the Estates; 11 seats needed for a majority
J.C. de Miranda; NPS	Jacques Drielsma; Independent

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


Party		%	Seats	+/–
	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

National Party of Suriname

United Hindustani Party

Party for National Unity and Solidarity
- Ashruf Karamat Ali
- Iding Soemita

Changes

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

References

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

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

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