1880 Surinamese general election

none Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1880 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 1880 elections were to replace the three members elected in 1874, Johannes Cateau van Rosevelt, A.J. van Emden nl Abraham Julius van Emden and B.E. Colaço Belmonte nl Benjamin Elias Colaço Belmonte, although Colaço Belmonte had resigned in 1878. 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 71 valid ballots cast, candidates required 36 votes to be elected in the first round. Incumbents van Emden, van Rosevelt and van Lier were easily re-elected. Notes A.J. van Emden nl Abraham Julius van Emden 60 Re-elected #dbffdb Johannes Cateau van Rosevelt 55 Re-elected #dbffdb Coenraad van Lier 48 Re-elected #dbffdb J. Colaço Belmonte 9 N. van den Brandhof 7 Semuel van Praag nl 7 Arnold Borret nl Arnold Borret (1848-1888) 5 Abraham Salomons nl 3 C.M. Bremer 2 S.L. Hijmans 2 Henri Muller 1 Frederick Paul Penard 1 Rudolph Hendrik Leijsner 1 S.A. Heilbron 1 Jon Ben 1 71 71 0 1 Surinaamsche couranthttps://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:011195042:mpeg21:p002 Proces verbal Surinaamsche courant en Gouvernements advertentie blad 30 March 1880 Delpher Aftermath Governor-General Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn nl Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn (1823-1892) reappointed Karel Daniel Brakke nl, David Juda nl, J.F. Saile Vanier nl Jacob François Saile Vanier and Joël Benjamin Vos nl as nominated members. The newly elected States met for the first time on 11 May 1880, with Juda remaining chairman.https://books.google.com/books?id=gqVpAAAAcAAJ Koloniale Staten van Suriname, 1866–1891: Volume 1 1891 26–29 Jacob Alexander Salomons nl (elected in 1878) resigned in May 1880 and was replaced by Abraham Salomons nl. Van Emden left Suriname in June 1880 and was replaced by Cornelis Johannes Heylidy nl, while Phoebus Hitzerus Verbeek nl (elected in 1876) resigned on 2 July 1880 and was replaced by Arend d'Angremond nl. Brakke resigned in May 1881 and was replaced by Arnold Borret nl Arnold Borret (1848-1888). References General Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname