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2015 Surinamese general election

General elections were held in Suriname on 25 May 2015. The National Democratic Party won an absolute majority on its own for the first time.

The 51 seats in the National Assembly were elected using proportional representation in ten multi-member constituencies containing between two and seventeen seats. The ten electoral constituencies are coterminous with the ten administrative districts of Suriname. The National Assembly subsequently elects the president.


	National Democratic Party	117,205	45.49	26	+7
	V7	96,008	37.27	18	–
	A-Combination	27,374	10.63	5	–2
	Democracy and Development through Unity	11,069	4.30	1	0
	Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union	1,736	0.67	1	0
	A Nyun Combinatie (Seeka–BP-2011–PBP)	1,045	0.41	0	–
	Mega Front (DUS–DNL–NS)	1,025	0.40	0	–
	Amazon Party Suriname	786	0.31	0	New
	Sustainable & Just Living Together	663	0.26	0	New
	Party for Integrity, National Motivation and Equality	411	0.16	0	New
	National Development Party	303	0.12	0	New
Total	257,625	100.00	51	0

257,625	96.88
8,284	3.12
265,909	100.00
356,223	74.65
Source: Verkiezingen, Consulytic

Incumbent president Dési Bouterse was reelected by the National Assembly unopposed on 14 July 2015.

Elections Suriname (in Dutch)

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