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1951 Surinamese general election

Field	Value
country	Colony of Surinam
previous_election	1949
next_election	1955
election_date	14 March 1951
election_name	1951 Surinamese general election
seats_for_election	21 seats in the Estates
majority_seats	11
nopercentage	yes
party1	National Party of Suriname
leader1	Archibald Currie
seats1	13
last_election1	13
party2	Progressive Reform Party (Suriname)
leader2	Jagernath Lachmon
seats2	6
last_election2	6
party3	Party for National Unity and Solidarity
leader3	Iding Soemita
seats3	2
last_election3	2
title	Prime Minister
before_election	J.C. de Miranda
before_party	National Party of Suriname
after_election	Jacques Drielsma
after_party	Independent politician

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

Elected members

National Party of Suriname
- Frederik Lim A Po
- Paul Kolader
- David George 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

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

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