1987 Surinamese general election

none Suriname 1977 1991 25 November 1987 1987 Surinamese general election 51 seats in the National Assembly 26 84.96% VHP–NPS–KTPI Pretaap Radhakishun 85.50 40 30 National Democratic Party (Suriname) Jules Wijdenbosch 9.29 3 new Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union Errol Alibux 1.69 4 0 Pertjajah Luhur Paul Somohardjo 1.55 4 4 1987 Surinamese general election - Results by district.svg Results by district Prime Minister Jules Wijdenbosch National Democratic Party (Suriname) Jules Wijdenbosch National Democratic Party (Suriname) General elections were held in Suriname on 25 November 1987. They were the first held in the country since the first post-independence elections in 1977,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 978-0-19-928357-6 and the first since a new constitution was approved in a referendum held a month earlier. The Front for Democracy and Development, an alliance of the National Party of Suriname (NPS), the Progressive Reform Party (VHP) and the Party for National Unity and Solidarity (KTPI),Nohlen, p620 won a decisive victory with 40 of the 51 seats with 86% of the vote, the largest vote share achieved by a Surinamese party or alliance since independence in 1975. The National Democratic Party, the political vehicle of Desi Bouterse, the country's de facto leader since a 1980 coup, finished a distant second with three seats. Voter turnout was 85%. Results Front for Democracy and Development (VHP–NPS–KTPI)The VHP won 16 of the 40 seats, the NPS 14 and the KTPI 10.Nohlen, p622 147196 40 +10 National Democratic Party 16000 3 New Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union 2910 4 +4 Surinamese Labour Party 2704 0 New Pendawa Lima 2676 4 – Partij Perbangunan Rakjat Suriname 664 0 New 172130 4895 +12 208356 NohlenThere is a difference of 20 between the party totals and the reported number of valid votes. Aftermath At its first session on 13 January 1988, the National Assembly elected the VHP's Ramsewak Shankar as president. Henck Arron of the NPS, who had led the country as Prime Minister from independence in 1975 until the 1980 coup, became vice president.https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/13/world/a-civilian-president-named-in-suriname-to-end-army-rule.html A Civilian President Named in Suriname To End Army Rule Reuters The New York Times January 13, 1988 Their election was assured after the Front for Democracy and Development won 78 percent of the seats at the election. This was enough for Shankar to be elected without the need for support from other blocs; the new constitution required the president to be elected by a two-thirds supermajority of the Assembly. To date, this is the only time under Suriname's present constitution that a party or alliance has won enough seats on its own to elect a president. However, Shankar and Arron only held office for less than two years before being overthrown in 1990 in another coup engineered by Bouterse.https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/27/world/suriname-coup-leaders-had-power-already.html Suriname Coup Leaders Had Power Already New York Times 27 December 1990 23 June 2020 Notes References Suriname Category:Elections in Suriname General