1888 Surinamese general election

none Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1888 to elect three of the nine elected members of the Colonial States. Electoral system The Colonial States consisted of nine elected members and four appointed by the Governor-General.https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/36216/EUDO_CIT_2015_05_Suriname.pdf Access to Electoral Rights: Suriname Ngo Chun Luk & Hamied Ahmadali July 2015 European University Institute Elected members served six-year terms, with three members elected every two years. The 1888 elections were to replace the three members elected in 1882, Henry Barnett (Surinamese politician) nl Henry Barnett Henry Barnett, A.H. de Granada nl Abraham Henriques de Granada and A.J. da Costa nl Aron Jedidja da Costa, all three of whom ran for re-election. The elections were held using the two-round system, with suffrage restricted to men who paid a tax contribution of 60 Dutch guilders.Geschiedenis van DNA https://www.dna.sr/jeugd/over-dna/geschiedenis-van-dna/ 2026-01-15 National Assembly 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 with twice the number of candidates as seats remaining, who were the candidates who received the most votes but failed to be elected in the first round. Results As there were 221 valid ballots cast, candidates required 111 votes to be elected in the first round. Two of the three incumbents were unseated. Notes A.H. de Granada nl Abraham Henriques de Granada 158 Re-elected #dbffdb Hendrikus d'Angremond nl 116 Elected #dbffdb Julius Muller (politician) nl Julius Muller Julius Muller 112 Elected #dbffdb A.J. da Costa nl Aron Jedidja da Costa 72 Unseated Christiaan Hendrik van Meurs nl 46 A.J. Jessurun 38 C.M. Bremner 23 Salomon Matthijs Swijt nl 17 Henry Barnett (Surinamese politician) nl Henry Barnett Henry Barnett 13 Unseated A.E.J.W. Juta 10 Eduard Adriaan Cabell 7 J. Gans 6 J.M. Samson 5 G.P. Heilbron 2 R. Bueno de Mesquita 2 H. Benjamins 2 G.C. Steijnis 2 Frits Curiel nl 2 Jacques de Vries 2 J.H. de Granada 1 J.A. Nassy 1 J.S. Morpurgo 1 J.N. Eckhardt de Mesquita 1 Daniel Coutinho 1 J.W.Q. van Dijek 1 A. da Silva Pereira 1 Asser Samuels 1 H.S. Schouten 1 A.W.S. Schut 1 H. Weytingh 1 E.A. van Romondt 1 H. van Breen 1 J.C. Weidner 1 A.E. Green 1 J. de la Parra 1 J.D. Horst 1 P.A. Bruggemann 1 221 221 Koloniaal NieuwsKoloniaal Nieuws Aftermath Governor-General Hendrik Jan Smidt reappointed David Juda nl and Wouterus van Esveld nl as nominated members, together with Isaac da Costa (politician) nl Isaac da Costa (1847-1925) Isaac da Costa and Salomon Matthijs Swijt nl. The newly elected States met for the first time in May, with Juda remaining chairman.https://books.google.com/books?id=gqVpAAAAcAAJ Koloniale Staten van Suriname, 1866–1891: Volume 1 1891 26–29 References General Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname