1955 Surinamese general election

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29 March 1955

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21 seats in the Estates of Suriname
11 seats needed for a majority

	Leader	Seats	+/–
EF	Johan Ferrier	11	New
VHP	Jagernath Lachmon	6	0
NPS	Eugene Doelwijt	2	−11
KTPI	Iding Soemita [nl]	2	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Archibald Currie NPS	Johan Ferrier SDP

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General elections were held in Suriname on 29 March 1955. The result was a victory for the Unity Front, which won 11 of the 21 seats.

Results


Party		Seats	+/–
	Unity Front (SDP [nl]–PSV–PS [nl])	11	New
	United Hindustani Party	6	0
	National Party of Suriname	2	–11
	Party for National Unity and Solidarity	2	0
	Christian-Social Party	0	0
	Congress Party	0	0
	Suriname Labour Party	0	New
Total		21	0

Source: Nohlen

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