1949 Surinamese general election

None January 2026 Colony of Surinam 1946 1951 30 May 1949 1949 Surinamese general election All 21 seats in the Estates 11 yes National Party of Suriname J.C. de Miranda 48.11 12 Progressive Reform Party (Suriname) Jagernath Lachmon 16.50 6 SLO Iding Soemita 3.97 2 Independents – 4.78 1 Prime Minister J.C. de Miranda National Party of Suriname General elections were held in Surinam on 30 May 1949.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 978-0-19-928357-6 The result was a victory for the National Party of Suriname, which won 12 of the 21 seats (and was subsequently joined by the sole independent).https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010937089:mpeg21:p001 Nationale Surinaamse Partij meerderheid in Statenverkiezing Trouw 2 June 1949 Voter turnout was 52%. Results National Party of Suriname 107615 12 Progressive Surinamese People's Party 45763 0 United Hindustani Party 36900 6 Surinamese Farmers' Organisation 8881 2 Christian Social Party 5535 0 People's Party of Indonesians in Suriname 3199 0 Agrarian Party 1659 0 Negro Political Party 1488 0 Women's Committee 1184 0 International Unemployeds' Union 756 0 Independents 10684 1 50490 96466 De Surinamer,https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011218745:mpeg21:a0032 Uitslag der Verkiezingen 2 June 1949 De Surinamerhttps://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011218751:mpeg21:a0021 Nabetracthing van de eerste verkiezing op grondslag van "algemeen kiesrecht" in Suriname 18 June 1949 De Surinamer Het Nieuws,https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010665648:mpeg21:a0039 Candidaatstelling Het Nieuws 4 May 1949 Mangal Mitrasing Results by constituency Constituency I: Paramaribo Notes Emile de la Fuente nl National Party of Suriname 11341 Re-elected #dbffdb David George Findlay National Party of Suriname 10992 Re-elected #dbffdb Wim Bos Verschuur National Party of Suriname 10941 Re-elected #dbffdb Gerard van der Schroeff nl National Party of Suriname 10493 Re-elected #dbffdb Percy Wijngaarde National Party of Suriname 10480 Re-elected #dbffdb Leo Lauriers nl National Party of Suriname 10198 Re-elected #dbffdb Henk van Ommeren nl Henk van Ommeren (1896-1996) National Party of Suriname 10136 Elected #dbffdb Johan Adolf Pengel National Party of Suriname 9744 Elected #dbffdb Otto Wong nl National Party of Suriname 9479 Re-elected #dbffdb Rudolf Bernhard William Comvalius nl National Party of Suriname 9117 Elected #dbffdb L.J. Weidmann Progressive Surinamese People's Party 5988 Cornelis Jong Baw nl Progressive Surinamese People's Party 4781 A.R.M. Tjin A Djie Progressive Surinamese People's Party 4770 J. Sookdwesing United Hindustani Party 4377 J.A. Emanuels Progressive Surinamese People's Party 4209 P.J.C. Waaldijk Progressive Surinamese People's Party 4201 H.A. van Eyck Progressive Surinamese People's Party 4132 N. Anakram United Hindustani Party 4092 L.C. Biervliet Progressive Surinamese People's Party 4080 J.H.A. van den Bergh Progressive Surinamese People's Party 4033 A.A.J. Eygenberger Progressive Surinamese People's Party 4029 C.A. Montpellier Progressive Surinamese People's Party 3935 R.G. Budhram United Hindustani Party 3782 O.A. Tribhuawan United Hindustani Party 3701 Frederik Lim A Po nl Independent 2849 K.R.S. Coleridge Christian Social Party 1589 A.L.R. Smit Independent 1314 A.W.L. Putscher Women's Committee 1184 A.P. Lieuw Kie Song Independent 1086 S.E.H. Sanches Independent 1072 T.A.C. Comvalius Independent 986 A. Currie Agrarian Party 930 K.P. van Westen Christian Social Party 737 L.M. Meursinge Agrarian Party 729 J.W. van Lijnden Christian Social Party 726 H.J. Kensenhuys Christian Social Party 656 R.L Eyken Christian Social Party 491 D.P. Leetz Negro Political Party 469 J.M. van Eer Independent 467 A.M.F. Oostburg Christian Social Party 451 E.G. Halfhide Christian Social Party 448 C.E. Vervuurt Christian Social Party 437 A.E.V. Baank Independent 414 Grace Schneiders-Howard IndependentSupported by Surinamese Farmers' Organisationhttps://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010665649:mpeg21:a0009 De Surinaamse Landbouwers Organisatie Het nieuws 5 May 1949 386 H.N. Liesdek International Unemployeds' Union 380 H. Faverus Negro Political Party 379 C.E. Wolff International Unemployeds' Union 376 S.M.F. Lieveld Negro Political Party 354 H.E. Lupson Negro Political Party 286 16540 De Surinamer, Het Nieuws Constituency II: Suriname Notes Jagernath Lachmon United Hindustani Party 4197 Elected #dbffdb Hanif Nurmohamed Surinamese Farmers' Organisation 693 Ming Doelman nl People's Party of Indonesians in Suriname 341 L.F. Petri-Hedges Abraham Independent 250 11294 De Surinamer, Mangal Mitrasing Constituency III: Suriname Notes Sheik Mohamed Jamaludin United Hindustani Party 4953 Elected #dbffdb Achmed Djamin Surinamese Farmers' Organisation 927 203 12009 De Surinamer, Mangal Mitrasing Constituency IV: Suriname Notes Leo Eliazer nl IndependentCandidate of the Paranam Mineworkers' Union, subsequently joined the National Party of Suriname 889 Elected #dbffdb Emanuel Ferdinand Pierau nl Independent 563 Rachmat Soerodinson Surinamese Farmers' Organisation 522 Harry Eugène Gustaaf Sweeb Progressive Surinamese People's Party 353 G.R. Slijngard IndependentSupported by the Christian Social Party 61 6574 De Surinamer, Mangal Mitrasing Constituency V: Commewijne Notes Iding Soemita Surinamese Farmers' Organisation 2325 Elected #dbffdb Ashruf Karamat Ali nl Surinamese Farmers' Organisation 2179 Elected #dbffdb S. Panday United Hindustani Party 1698 Soekdew Mungra nl United Hindustani Party 1535 Salikin Hardjo People's Party of Indonesians in Suriname 884 H. Seljee National Party of Suriname 791 James Alexander Mac May nl National Party of Suriname 284 J. Schüngel Independent 347 15900 De Surinamer, Mangal MitrasingTien jaar Suriname, van afhankelijkheid tot gelijkgerechtigheid Frits Eduard Mangal Mitrasing 1959 170 Constituency VI: Saramacca Notes Hemradj Shriemisier nl United Hindustani Party 1426 Elected #dbffdb Ludwig Sitalsing nl United Hindustani Party 1412 Elected #dbffdb Radiman Rakin Surinamese Farmers' Organisation 929 Arga Karta Surinamese Farmers' Organisation 912 Mohamed Zen Sharif People's Party of Indonesians in Suriname 152 Johannes Wagimo Kariodimedjo People's Party of Indonesians in Suriname 146 Unseated Ragoenath Banwarie Progressive Surinamese People's Party 138 80 Mangal Mitrasing Constituency VII: Nickerie Notes Sewraam Rambaran Mishre United Hindustani Party 2871 Elected #dbffdb Heinrich Wladimir Mohamed Radja United Hindustani Party 2856 Elected #dbffdb A.R. Wix National Party of Suriname 1731 Frits Karsowidjojo People's Party of Indonesians in Suriname 1676 Jozef Hosein Surinamese Farmers' Organisation 394 George Guillaume Maynard Progressive Surinamese People's Party 292 190 De Surinamer, Mangal Mitrasing Constituency VIII: Coronie Notes Paul Kolader nl National Party of Suriname 881 Elected #dbffdb Philip Ignatius Inocentius van Daal Progressive Surinamese People's Party 578 34 1681 De Surinamer, Mangal Mitrasing Constituency IX: Marowijne Notes Jan Raatgever National Party of Suriname 1007 Elected #dbffdb Otto Sanches Progressive Surinamese People's Party 244 2061 De Surinamer, Mangal Mitrasing Notes References Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname General Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:May 1949 in South America