1884 Surinamese general election

none Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1884 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 1884 elections were to replace the three members elected in 1878, G.H. Barnet Lyon nl George Henry Barnet Lyon, Charles Busken Huet nl and Jacob Alexander Salomons nl. However, Busken Huet resigned shortly after being elected and was replaced by Marcus Samson van Praag nl, while Salomons resigned in 1880 and was replaced by Abraham Salomons nl. 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 126 valid ballots cast, candidates required 64 votes to be elected in the first round. All three incumbents were easily re-elected with over 100 votes. Notes G.H. Barnet Lyon nl George Henry Barnet Lyon 117 Re-elected #dbffdb Marcus Samson van Praag nl 112 Re-elected #dbffdb Abraham Salomons nl 102 Re-elected #dbffdb Julius Muller (politician) nl Julius Muller Julius Muller 20 Semuel van Praag nl 6 Willem August van Emden 3 M. Schotman 3 Jacob Nicolaas Eckhardt de Mesquita 1 Eduard Adriaan Cabell 1 Marinus Carel de Leeuw nl 1 126 126 1 2 Surinaamsche courantSurinaamsche courant Aftermath Governor-General Johannes van Heerdt tot Eversberg reappointed David Juda nl, Wouterus van Esveld nl, G.A.H. Knoch nl Georg August Hermann Knoch and J.F. Saile Vanier nl Jacob François Saile Vanier as nominated members. The newly elected States met for the first time on 13 May 1884, with Juda remaining chairman.https://books.google.com/books?id=gqVpAAAAcAAJ Koloniale Staten van Suriname, 1866–1891: Volume 1 1891 26–29 In the same month Knoch was replaced by Marinus Carel de Leeuw nl. References General Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname