1882 Surinamese general election

none Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March and April 1882 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 1882 elections were to replace the three members elected in 1876, Phoebus Hitzerus Verbeek nl, A.J. da Costa nl Aron Jedidja da Costa and Henry Barnett (Surinamese politician) nl Henry Barnett Henry Barnett. Verbeek had resigned in 1880 and been replaced by Arend d'Angremond nl.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 145 valid ballots cast, candidates required 73 votes to be elected in the first round. Incumbent Barnett and A.H. de Granada nl Abraham Henriques de Granada were elected in the first round, while F.W. Westerouen van Meeteren missed out on being elected by a single vote. He and incumbent da Costa contested the second round, in which they were tied on 88 votes. Da Costa was declared elected on the basis that he was the older of the two candidates. Notes Henry Barnett (Surinamese politician) nl Henry Barnett Henry Barnett 85 Re-elected #dbffdb A.H. de Granada nl Abraham Henriques de Granada 80 Elected #dbffdb F.W. Westerouen van Meeteren 72 88 A.J. da Costa nl Aron Jedidja da Costa 60 88 Re-elected #dbffdb Willem August van Emden 44 Eduard Adriaan Cabell 38 H.Z. van Campen 3 J. Coronel 3 Isak Aron Samuels 3 Thomas Godlieb Smith 3 H.D. Benjamins 2 J. Gans 2 Jan Philippus Albertus Hoeffelman 2 G.H. Samson 2 François Philemon Bouguenon 1 C.M. Bremner 1 James Delmonte Lijon 1 Johannis Philippus Haase Jr 1 G.P. Heilbron 1 H.C.W. Polak 1 Alexander Samuel Samuels 1 Isak Nathan Samuels 1 M. Schotman 1 H. Schouten 1 David Isak Simons 1 A. Smith Thomson 1 Jaques de Vries 1 Johannis Jacobus Pierre Wessels 1 Johannis Cornelius Zaalberg Pauluszoon 1 145 145 0 0 2 1 De West-Indiër, Surinaamsche courant Aftermath Governor-General Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn nl Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn (1823-1892) reappointed David Juda nl and J.F. Saile Vanier nl Jacob François Saile Vanier as nominated members, together with G.A.H. Knoch nl Georg August Hermann Knoch and formerly elected member Arend d'Angremond nl. The newly elected States met for the first time on 9 May 1882, with Juda remaining chairman.https://books.google.com/books?id=gqVpAAAAcAAJ Koloniale Staten van Suriname, 1866–1891: Volume 1 1891 26–29 D'Angremond resigned in 1883 when he left Suriname and was replaced by Wouterus van Esveld nl. References General Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname