1951 Surinamese general election

1951 Surinamese general election

14 March 1951

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

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		Votes	%	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
  • Frederik Lim A Po
  • Paul Kolader
  • David Findlay
  • Henk van Ommeren
  • Johan Adolf Pengel
  • Rudolf Bernhard William Comvalius
  • Frederick James Alexander Murray
  • Johan Kraag
  • Stuart Harry Axwijk
  • Emanuel Ferdinand Pierau
  • James Alexander Mac May
  • Huerta Milano Celvius Bergen
  • Just Rens

• United Hindustani Party
  • Jagernath Lachmon
  • Harry Radhakishun
  • Harry Francois Sewberath Misser
  • Soekdew Mungra
  • Khemradj Kanhai
  • Ramkisoen Dewdat Oedayrajsing Varma

• 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

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