1896 Surinamese general election

none Partial general elections were held in Suriname on 18 March 1896 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 1896 elections were to replace the three members elected in 1890, G.H. Barnet Lyon nl George Henry Barnet Lyon, Marcus Samson van Praag nl and Abraham Salomons nl. Barnet Lyon had resigned in 1892 and been replaced by Frans Carel Gefken nl. Van Praag, Salomons and Gefken all 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 239 valid ballots cast, candidates required 120 votes to be elected in the first round. All three incumbents were easily re-elected. Notes Marcus Samson van Praag nl 211 Re-elected #dbffdb Abraham Salomons nl 177 Re-elected #dbffdb Frans Carel Gefken nl 160 Re-elected #dbffdb W.H.V. Baron van Heerdt tot Eversberg 37 G.J.J. Karg 33 Richard O'Ferrall (Surinamese politician) nl Richard O'Ferrall Richard O'Ferrall 24 Frits Curiel nl 10 Jacques Bernard Nassy nl 9 G.K. Kramer 6 Daniel Coutinho 6 Eduard Adriaan Cabell 4 S.H. Pos 3 M.F.A. del Prado 3 J.O. Harken 2 F.G. Hanken 2 J.L. Hijmans 2 J.L.W.C. von Weiler 2 P.A. Bruggemann 1 L.F. Schoch 1 L. Monsanto 1 C. May Boëtius 1 J.P.W. van Eyck 1 Adrianus van 't Hoogerhuys nl 1 J. Pesman 1 J.J. Halfhide 1 H. van Breen 1 A.E.J.W. Juta 1 A.J. Walther 1 D. da Silva 1 G. Wildeboer 1 W. van Esveld 1 H. Hubner 1 A.J. Jessurn 1 J. de la Parra 1 F. Bulo 1 François Wijnand Hensen nl 1 A.A. Samuels 1 239 239 0 3 De Surinamerhttps://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011214540:mpeg21:a0007 Binnenlandsche berichten 22 March 1896 De Surinamer Aftermath The Governor-General reappointed Isaac da Costa (politician) nl Isaac da Costa (1847-1925) Isaac da Costa, Adrianus van 't Hoogerhuys nl, David Juda nl and Salomon Matthijs Swijt nl as nominated members. Juda remained chairman. Later in 1896 Juda was replaced by Samuel Muller van Voorst nl, with Cornelis Johannes Heylidy nl taking over as chair. In 1897 van Voorst was replaced by Reinbertus Aloisius Tammenga nl. A.H. de Granada nl Abraham Henriques de Granada left the States and a by-election was held on 18 December 1897, which was won by Frits Curiel nl, who received 133 of the 253 votes cast.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011213547:mpeg21:p001 Verkiezings Statistiek Nieuwe Surinaamsche Courant 29 March 1900 2 References General Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname Category:March 1896 in South America