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General elections were held in Suriname for the first time in April 1866 following the creation of a partially elected Colonial States. The Colonial States consisted of nine elected members and four appointed by the Governor-General. [1]
The elections were held using the two-round system, with suffrage restricted to men meeting certain criteria. 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.
Elected members were to serve six-year terms, with one-third of members elected every two years. Following the first elections in 1866 to elect all nine members, three members would be elected in 1868.
Appointed members served for one year.
As there were 226 valid ballots cast, candidates required 114 votes to be elected in the first round. Four candidates were elected in the first round, with a run-off taking place between the next ten candidates.
| Candidate | First round | Second round | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| G.J.A. Bosch Reitz | 156 | 69.03 | Elected | ||
| E.F.L. Mollinger | 152 | 67.26 | Elected | ||
| B.E. Colaço Belmonte | 146 | 64.60 | Elected | ||
| Salomon Soesman Jr. | 127 | 56.19 | Elected | ||
| Daniel Benjamins | 111 | 49.12 | 123 | 56.68 | Elected |
| John James Hewitt | 105 | 46.46 | 170 | 78.34 | Elected |
| N.T.A. Arlaud | 100 | 44.25 | 131 | 60.37 | Elected |
| M.S. van Praag | 92 | 40.71 | 94 | 43.32 | |
| J.V. Bouguenon | 88 | 38.94 | 110 | 50.69 | Elected |
| Fergus Carstairs | 84 | 37.17 | 102 | 47.00 | Elected |
| Jacob Nicolaas Eckhardt de Mesquita | 73 | 32.30 | 81 | 37.33 | |
| Joseph Gustaaf van Emden | 69 | 30.53 | 86 | 39.63 | |
| Tjerk Jansen Eijken Sluijters | 59 | 26.11 | 87 | 40.09 | |
| Frederik Taunaij | 57 | 25.22 | 61 | 28.11 | |
| A.J. da Costa | 45 | 19.91 | |||
| Francois Philemon Bouguenon | 41 | 18.14 | |||
| J. Mauritsz Ganderheyden | 41 | 18.14 | |||
| Simon Abendanon | 38 | 16.81 | |||
| Abraham Wolff Oppenheimer | 32 | 14.16 | |||
| Hugh Wright | 32 | 14.16 | |||
| Samuel Bueno de Mesquita | 30 | 13.27 | |||
| A.H. de Granada | 27 | 11.95 | |||
| J.M.J.E. Sluijters | 19 | 8.41 | |||
| F.H. van Affelen van Oorde | 15 | 6.64 | |||
| Petrus Alma | 14 | 6.19 | |||
| W.E.H. Winkels | 12 | 5.31 | |||
| Jan Carel Telting | 11 | 4.87 | |||
| A.G. van Son | 11 | 4.87 | |||
| Henri Muller | 11 | 4.87 | |||
| Karel Daniel Brakke | 11 | 4.87 | |||
| Carl Reinhard Berner | 11 | 4.87 | |||
| Thomas Tijndall | 10 | 4.42 | |||
| Johannes Cornelis Muller | 9 | 3.98 | |||
| J.H. Vernhout | 8 | 3.54 | |||
| Semuel Henriques de Granada | 8 | 3.54 | |||
| A. Dessé | 7 | 3.10 | |||
| Lodewijk Carbin | 6 | 2.65 | |||
| Johannis Philippus Haase Jr | 6 | 2.65 | |||
| Hendrikus Hermanus Kramer | 6 | 2.65 | |||
| François Daniel Daij | 6 | 2.65 | |||
| Jacob Coenraad Gomperts | 5 | 2.21 | |||
| Jacobus de Jong | 5 | 2.21 | |||
| John Hilton Jackson | 5 | 2.21 | |||
| G. Cruden | 5 | 2.21 | |||
| Friedrich Boedinghaus | 4 | 1.77 | |||
| Barend Christiaan van den Ende | 4 | 1.77 | |||
| Jacob Gomperts | 4 | 1.77 | |||
| Johann Heinrich Kruse | 4 | 1.77 | |||
| L.G. Malmberg | 4 | 1.77 | |||
| Johannis Hubertus Mertens | 4 | 1.77 | |||
| Peter Christiaan Maij | 4 | 1.77 | |||
| Wilhelm Eduard Ruhmann | 4 | 1.77 | |||
| Hendrik Samuel Schouten | 3 | 1.33 | |||
| J.M. Polak | 3 | 1.33 | |||
| Paul René Planteau | 3 | 1.33 | |||
| J.J.B. de Mesquita | 3 | 1.33 | |||
| Abraham Daniel Fernandes | 3 | 1.33 | |||
| A.M. Coster | 3 | 1.33 | |||
| Henrieus Bijlaart | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| J. Frouin | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| J.W. Gefken | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| M. Hutchinson | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| Franco Petrus Kamerling | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| James Delmonte Lijon | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| Willem Johannis Gijsbertus Labad | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| Duncan Munro | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| D.J.C. O'Ferrall | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| S. Soesman | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| Thomas Godfried Smith | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| Phoebus Hitzerus Verbeek | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| Johan Philip Louis Weiman | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| Bernat Ballin | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| David Baëza | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Adriaan Hagoort van Borcharen | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| James Harvie Cummings | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| J. Colaço Belmonte | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Geradus Duijckinck | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| J.M.A. Martini van Gelfen | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Hermanus van Genderen | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| H.R. Gummels | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Samuel Louis Heijmans | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Jan Philippus Albertus Hoeffelman | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Johannus Herbert August Willem Baron van Heerdt | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Jaques David Juda | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| A. von Konigslow | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Sallij Lijon | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Johan Lugard | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| W. Meijer | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Alexander Mac Donald | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| J.B. de Mesquita | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| J. Petzoldt | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Fecke Poort | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Jacob van Praag | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| F.A. Searle | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| J.L. Stuger | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| H. Sawijer | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Jacob Isac Spiering | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| D.M. Uhlenkamp | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Michael de Veer | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Joël Benjamin Vos | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| J.F. Saile Vanier | 1 | 0.44 | |||
| Total | 2,012 | 100.00 | 1,045 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | 226 | 99.12 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2 | 0.88 | |||
| Total votes | 228 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: Surinaamsche courant, Surinaamsche courant | |||||
Governor-General Reinhart Frans van Lansberge appointed Samuel Bueno de Mesquita, J. Mauritsz Ganderheyden , J.M.J.E. Sluijters and F.H. van Affelen van Oorde as the nominated members.
The newly elected Colonial States met for the first time on 8 May 1866. J. Mauritsz Ganderheyden was appointed chairman.
From the elected members, it was decided that Fergus Carstairs, B.E. Colaço Belmonte and J.J. Hewitt would serve until 1868, Daniel Benjamins, G.J.A. Bosch Reitz and N.T.A. Arlaud would serve until 1870, while E.F.L. Mollinger, J.V. Bouguenon and S. Soesman Jr would serve until 1872.
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