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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v t e Elections in Suriname
General elections	1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1901 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1942 1946 1949 1951 1955 1958 1963 1967 1969 1973 1977 1987 1991 1996 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Local elections	1987 1991 1996 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Referendums	1987

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