1900 Surinamese general election

none Partial general elections were held in Suriname on 21 March 1900 to elect three of the nine elected members of the Colonial States.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011213547:mpeg21:p001 Verkiezings Statistiek Nieuwe Surinaamsche Courant 29 March 1900 1–2 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 1898 elections were to replace the three members elected in 1894, Julius Muller (politician) nl Julius Muller Julius Muller, A.H. de Granada nl Abraham Henriques de Granada and Guillaume Jean Vanier nl. Granada had been replaced by Frits Curiel nl in 1897. All three incumbents 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. Results As there were 271 valid ballots cast, candidates required 136 votes to be elected in the first round. Notes Frits Curiel nl 263 Re-elected #dbffdb Julius Muller (politician) nl Julius Muller Julius Muller 191 Re-elected #dbffdb François Wijnand Hensen nl 168 Elected #dbffdb Richard O'Ferrall (Surinamese politician) nl Richard O'Ferrall Richard O'Ferrall 92 J.J. Halfhide 40 Jacques Bernard Nassy nl 13 J.O. Harken 7 Samuel Bueno Bibaz nl 5 S.E.J. Demarchi 2 Karel Hendrik Bergen nl 2 J.A.H. Reiziger 2 A. Bruyning 2 A.J. Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye 1 Guillaume Jean Vanier nl 1 Unseated J.H.S. Tafares 1 I. Arah 1 Reinbertus Aloisius Tammenga nl 1 J.L. Hijmans 1 J.E. Abarbanel 1 C.A. Ma Ajong 1 Samuel Muller van Voorst nl 1 271 271 0 4 Nieuwe Surinaamsche Couranthttps://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011213546:mpeg21:a0021 Statenverkiezingen 25 March 1900 Nieuwe Surinaamsche Courant Aftermath The Governor-General reappointed Isaac da Costa (politician) nl Isaac da Costa (1847-1925) Isaac da Costa, Adrianus van 't Hoogerhuys nl, Salomon Matthijs Swijt nl and Reinbertus Aloisius Tammenga nl as nominated members. Cornelis Johannes Heylidy nl remained chairman. References General Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname