1922 Surinamese general election

none Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March, April and May 1922 to elect five 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 1922 elections were for the five members elected in the 1916 elections. However, only one of them – John Robert Thomson nl – was still in office; Hubert van Asch van Wijck nl had resigned in 1919 and been replaced by Derk Siewert Huizinga nl, Robert David Simons nl and Adolf Curiel nl both resigned in 1920 and had been replaced by Jozias Jacob Leys nl and Pieter Westra nl (Westra also subsequently resigned and was replaced by Albert Gustaaf Putscher nl), and Jacobus Arnoldus Dragten nl had resigned in 1921 and been replaced by Helenus Agricola Pet nl. Of the five incumbents, three (Huizinga, Leys and Putscher) ran for re-election, while Simons returned to politics to run again. Results As there were 1,051 valid votes, candidates required 526 to be elected in the first round.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110634032:mpeg21:a0035 De verkiezing De West 28 March 1922 Only four candidates passed the threshold, with a second round required to be held between the next two most voted-for candidates. All incumbents lost their seats, the first time no incumbent member had retained their seat in Surinamese electoral history. Notes Robert David Simons nl 887 Elected #dbffdb Simon Daniël de Vries nl 680 Elected #dbffdb Pieter Alexander May nl 571 Elected #dbffdb Anton Dragten nl 545 Elected #dbffdb Derk Siewert Huizinga nl 481 472 Unseated Richard O'Ferrall (Surinamese politician) nl Richard O'Ferrall Richard O'Ferrall 450 516 Elected #dbffdb Jacques Drielsma 398 J.W.F. Vrielink 391 Jozias Jacob Leys nl 334 Unseated Albert Gustaaf Putscher nl 298 Unseated 1051 1051 39 23 De West, De Surinamerhttps://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011217325:mpeg21:a0032 De verkiezing De Surinamer 11 May 1922 Aftermath Harry van Ommeren nl (elected in 1918) died in 1923 and was replaced by Jacques Drielsma, who was declared elected unopposed.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110634202:mpeg21:a0027 De verkiezing De West 14 December 1923 References General Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname