1870 Surinamese general election

none Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March and April 1870 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 2024-02-04 2024-02-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20240203021111/https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/36216/EUDO_CIT_2015_05_Suriname.pdf live Elected members served six-year terms, with three members elected every two years. Following the first elections in 1866 to elect all nine members, three would serve until 1868, three until 1870 and three until 1872. The 1870 election was for the seats held by Daniel Benjamins nl, G.J.A. Bosch Reitz nl Guillaume Jacques Abraham Bosch Reitz and N.T.A. Arlaud nl Nicolaas Thomas Arnoldus Arlaud. 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 159 valid ballots cast, candidates required 80 votes to be elected in the first round. Two candidates were elected in the first round, with a run-off taking place between the next two candidates for the third seat. Notes Daniel Benjamins nl 115 Re-elected #dbffdb G.J.A. Bosch Reitz nl Guillaume Jacques Abraham Bosch Reitz 109 Re-elected #dbffdb N.T.A. Arlaud nl Nicolaas Thomas Arnoldus Arlaud 68 111 Re-elected #dbffdb A.H. de Granada nl Abraham Henriques de Granada 55 49 A.J. da Costa nl Aron Jedidja da Costa 36 Semuel van Praag nl 17 Eliazer Soesman 17 M.S. van Praag nl Marcus Samson van Praag 11 Jacobus de Jong nl Jacobus de Jong (politicus) 10 Simon Abendanon nl 4 Philip Jacob Boas 3 Francois Philemon Bouguenon 3 Frederik Taunaij 3 David Baëza nl 2 Francois Daniel Daij 2 Joseph Gustaaf van Emden 2 Johannes Cornelis Muller nl 2 Frederick Paul Penard 2 Petrus Alma 1 C. Baal 1 Johannis Philippus Haase Jr 1 John James Hewitt 1 Franco Petrus Kamerling 1 Hendrikus Hermanus Kramer 1 G. Kraai 1 James Delmonte Lijon 1 Abraham Wolff Oppenheimer 1 F.A. Sanches 1 A.G. van Son 1 Jan Carel Telting 1 F. Vailee 1 Paul Charles Vereul 1 Johannes Jacobus Pierre Wessels 1 159 159 1 1 218 Koloniaal nieuwsblad,https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010507628:mpeg21:a0001 Paramaribo, 24 Maart 1870. Koloniaal nieuwsblad 25 March 1870 Delpher De kolonisthttps://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:011211129:mpeg21:p002 Op den 13 April De kolonist 17 April 1870 Delpher Aftermath Governor-General Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga re-appointed the same four nominated members as had been serving in the outgoing States, Samuel Bueno de Mesquita, Cornelis Johannes Heylidy nl, Joël Benjamin Vos nl and Jasper Mauritsz Ganderheyden nl. The newly elected States met for the first time on 10 May 1870, with Ganderheyden continuing to serve as chairman. In May 1871 three of the nominated members – Bueno de Mesquita, Heylidy and Vos – were replaced by Phoebus Hitzerus Verbeek nl, J.A.T. Cohen Stuart nl James Abraham Theodore Cohen Stuart and Wilhelm Eduard Ruhmann nl.https://books.google.com/books?id=gqVpAAAAcAAJ Koloniale Staten van Suriname, 1866–1891: Volume 1 1891 26–29 In August 1871 J.V. Bouguenon nl Joseph Victor Bouguenon (who had been elected in 1866 and was up for re-election in 1872) was replaced by Johannes Cornelis Muller nl Johannes Cornelis Muller Az., who took his place in October 1871. References General Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname