1951 Surinamese general election

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14 March 1951

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21 seats in the Estates
11 seats needed for a majority

	Leader	Seats
NPS	Archibald Currie	13
VHP	Jagernath Lachmon	6
KTPI	Iding Soemita [nl]	2

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

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General elections were held in Surinam on 14 March 1951. 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

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

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