1886 Surinamese general election

none Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1886 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 1886 elections were to replace the three members elected in 1880, A.J. van Emden nl Abraham Julius van Emden, Johannes Cateau van Rosevelt and Coenraad van Lier. However, van Emden had resigned shortly after the elections as he was leaving Suriname, and was replaced by Cornelis Johannes Heylidy nl. 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 143 valid ballots cast, candidates required 72 votes to be elected in the first round. All three incumbents were re-elected. Notes Johannes Cateau van Rosevelt 119 Re-elected #dbffdb Cornelis Johannes Heylidy nl 104 Re-elected #dbffdb Coenraad van Lier 72 Re-elected #dbffdb Julius Muller (politician) nl Julius Muller Julius Muller 56 M. Schotman 22 Christiaan Hendrik van Meurs nl 9 Hendrikus d'Angremond nl 6 J.R.C. Gonggrijp nl Justus Rinia Cornelis Gonggrijp 4 Eduard Adriaan Cabell 4 J.P.W. van Eijck 4 Willem August van Emden 3 J. Kalff 2 H.D. Benjamins 1 A.N. Bixby 1 J. Fennelly 1 Jan Philippus Albertus Hoeffelman 1 W.L. Loth 1 N. van Meerten 1 Jacob Nicolaas Eckhardt de Mesquita 1 Henri Muller 1 H.S. Schoten 1 143 143 3 Koloniaal NieuwsKoloniaal Nieuws Aftermath Governor-General Johannes van Heerdt tot Eversberg reappointed David Juda nl, Wouterus van Esveld nl, Marinus Carel de Leeuw nl and J.F. Saile Vanier nl Jacob François Saile Vanier as nominated members. 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 De Leeuw died in 1887 but was not replaced until after the 1888 elections. References General Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname