1892 Surinamese general election

none Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1892 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 1892 elections were to replace the three members elected in 1886, Johannes Cateau van Rosevelt, Cornelis Johannes Heylidy nl and Coenraad van Lier. Van Lier had retired from the States in 1891 and was replaced by Henry Barnett (Surinamese politician) nl Henry Barnett Henry Barnett. Van Rosevelt died later the same year. Both Heylidy and Barnett 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 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 137 valid ballots cast, candidates required 69 votes to be elected in the first round. Notes Cornelis Johannes Heylidy nl 116 Re-elected #dbffdb Christiaan Hendrik van Meurs nl 114 Elected #dbffdb Henry Barnett (Surinamese politician) nl Henry Barnett Henry Barnett 93 Re-elected #dbffdb Frans Carel Gefken nl 18 Guillaume Jean Vanier nl 11 A.J. da Costa nl Aron Jedidja da Costa 7 A.E.J.W. Juta 6 J.L.W.C. von Weiler 5 J.A. Reelfs 4 W.A. van Emden 3 Daniel Coutinho 3 Eduard Adriaan Cabell 3 J. da Costa 2 A.A. ter Laag 2 J. dela Parra 2 L.C. van Amson 1 J. Rosenberg 1 John Fredrik Green nl 1 J. van West 1 C. Busch 1 Justus Gonggrijp nl Justus Rinia Cornelis Gonggrijp 1 M. Benjamins 1 H.M.P. Koli 1 P.A. Bruggemann 1 W.L. Loth 1 A. Esser 1 J.P. Hoeffelman 1 J.D.W. Hordijk 1 A.J. Jessurun 1 J.P.W. van Eijck 1 D.M. Polak 1 M.S. Polak 1 137 137 4 De West-Indiërhttps://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010479213:mpeg21:a0001 Paramaribo, 26 Maart 1892 De West-Indiër 27 March 1892 Aftermath The Governor-General reappointed Anthonis Hendrik van Geyt, David Juda nl and Salomon Matthijs Swijt nl as nominated members, together with John Fredrik Green nl. Juda remained chairman. Later in 1892 van Geyt was replaced by Isaac da Costa (politician) nl Isaac da Costa (1847-1925) Isaac da Costa, while George Henry Barnet Lyon nl resigned and was replaced by Frans Carel Gefken nl. References General Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname