1924 Surinamese general election

none Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March and April 1924 to elect four of the thirteen members of the Colonial States. Electoral system 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/ 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. Candidates were elected for a six-year term with staggered elections every two years and the 1924 elections were for the four members elected in the 1918 elections. However, only one of them – Pieter Walther Hering nl – was still in office; Willem Dijckmeester nl had resigned in 1919 and been replaced by Thomas Waller (Surinamese politician) nl Thomas Waller (politicus) Thomas Waller, Pieter Alexander May nl had resigned in 1920 and been replaced by and Pierre Antoine Augustin Bucaille nl, while Harry van Ommeren nl died in 1923 and was replaced by Jacques Drielsma. Of the four incumbents, Hering, Waller and Drielsma ran for re-election, while Bucaille did not contest the elections. Results As there were 1,023 valid votes, candidates required 512 to be elected in the first round.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110634231:mpeg21:a0044 De verkiezing De West 28 March 1924 Only Jacques Drielsma passed the threshold, with a second round required to be held between the next six most voted-for candidates. Notes Jacques Drielsma 592 Re-elected #dbffdb Pieter Walther Hering nl 491 625 Re-elected #dbffdb Karel Johannes van Erpecum nl 470 534 Elected #dbffdb Thomas Waller (Surinamese politician) nl Thomas Waller (politicus) Thomas Waller 355 439 Re-elected #dbffdb Cornelis William Naar nl 343 401 A.L. Waaldijk 329 380 M.H. Stephan 329 346 C.S. Loe 286 G.R. de la Fuente 281 E.M. Rombouts 230 1023 971 1023 971 46 43 Suriname,https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010985543:mpeg21:a0034 De stemming Suriname 1 April 1924 De Westhttps://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110634241:mpeg21:a0048 De verkiezing De West 2 May 1924 Aftermath Pieter Walther Hering nl died in June 1925. Samuel Juda Samuels nl was elected unopposed to replace him.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011222214:mpeg21:a0026 Lid koloniale staten De Surinamer 16 July 1925 References General Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname