1942 Surinamese general election

none General elections were held in Suriname on 13 February and 20 March 1942 to elect ten members of the Estates. Electoral system The States consisted of ten elected members and five members appointed by the governor. The elections were held using the two-round system, with suffrage restricted to men who held a diploma from extended primary education,Geschiedenis van DNA https://www.dna.sr/jeugd/over-dna/geschiedenis-van-dna/ National Assembly although women were allowed to stand as candidates. Voters had multiple votes, and any candidate receiving a number of votes equivalent to over 50% of the valid ballots cast was elected in the first round. If not all seats were filled, a second round was held. Results As there were 1,066 valid votes, candidates required 534 to be elected in the first round. Notes William Kraan nl 838 Re-elected #dbffdb Frederik Lim A Po nl 829 Re-elected #dbffdb Julius del Prado nl 747 Re-elected #dbffdb Gerson Philip Zaal nl 717 Re-elected #dbffdb Albert Calor nl 665 Re-elected #dbffdb Julius Caesar de Miranda 619 Elected #dbffdb Wim Bos Verschuur 540 Elected #dbffdb Clemens Ramkisoen Biswamitre nl 435 331 Unseated Piet Payens nl 413 434 Elected #dbffdb Cornelis Jong Baw nl 407 441 Elected #dbffdb Jo Einaar 389 424 Elected #dbffdb Grace Schneiders-Howard 366 411 Unseated David Simons (politician) nl David Simons (politicus) David Simons 354 389 S.F. Helstone 324 Johann Achmed de Miranda nl Johann Achmed de Miranda (politicus) 309 Huerta Milano Celvius Bergen nl 241 James Alexander Mac May nl 239 D. Coppoolse 126 1066 959 1066 959 145 109 De West, De West Aftermath Following the elections Governor Johannes Kielstra appointed Gerrit Fikkert nl Gerrit Fikkert (jurist), Asgar Karamat Ali nl, Herman Luitink nl, Hendrik Miskin nl and Jagesar Persad Kaulesar Sukul nl as the nominated members. Julius del Prado nl became chair of the States. In 1943 Wim Bos Verschuur was imprisoned without trial after petitioning Queen Wilhelmina to remove Kiestra from office. In protest, all other elected members of the States (except Albert Calor nl who was overseas) resigned. They were all subsequently re-elected in September 1943 by-elections; Bos Verschuur was replaced by Johann Achmed de Miranda nl Johann Achmed de Miranda (politicus), who had promised to resign once Bos Verschuur was released. Notes William Kraan nl 1239 Re-elected #dbffdb Frederik Lim A Po nl 1228 Re-elected #dbffdb Julius Caesar de Miranda 1216 Re-elected #dbffdb Piet Payens nl 1203 Re-elected #dbffdb Julius del Prado nl 1194 Re-elected #dbffdb Johann Achmed de Miranda nl 1193 Elected #dbffdb Cornelis Jong Baw nl 1184 Re-elected #dbffdb Jo Einaar 1180 Re-elected #dbffdb Gerson Philip Zaal nl 1136 Re-elected #dbffdb Grace Schneiders-Howard 134 Gravenbergh 65 Wolff 52 1329 1329 186 2490 De West After Bos Verschuur was released following an honourable discharge by the Dutch government-in-exile, de Miranda stood down and Bos Verschuur was declared elected unopposed in January 1945.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB23:001615009:mpeg21:a00038 Bos Verschuur weder in de Staten De West 22 January 1945 Gerson Philip Zaal nl and Julius del Prado nl resigned later in 1945 and were replaced by the returning de Miranda and Arnold Smit nl in the subsequent by-election in May. Notes Johann Achmed de Miranda nl 821 Elected #dbffdb Arnold Smit nl 393 556 Elected #dbffdb Johan Ferrier 341 366 Jozeph Enwoei Ho A Sjoe nl 263 Helstone 208 van der Schroeff 166 Lionarons 84 1220 1220 112 109 De West, De West Later in the same year Jo Einaar resigned and was replaced by Thomas Waller (politician) nl Thomas Waller (politicus) Thomas Waller, who was declared elected unopposed on 1 October.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB23:001615115:mpeg21:a00028 Staten van Suriname De West 3 October 1945 References General Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname