1878 Surinamese general election

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Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1878 to elect three of the nine elected members of the Colonial States.

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Electoral system

The Colonial States consisted of nine elected members and four appointed by the Governor-General. [1] Elected members served six-year terms, with three members elected every two years. The 1878 elections were to replace the three members elected in 1872, F.H. van Affelen van Oorde  [ nl ], E.F.L. Mollinger  [ nl ] and Johannes Cornelis Muller  [ nl ]. However, none of the three were still members by 1878; van Oorde resigned in September 1872 and was replaced by Semuel van Praag  [ nl ], Mollinger resigned in 1874 and was replaced by David Baëza  [ nl ] (who died the following year and was replaced by Jacob Alexander Salomons  [ nl ]), while Muller resigned in 1876 and was replaced by G.H. Barnet Lyon  [ nl ].

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.

Results

As there were 131 valid ballots cast, candidates required 66 votes to be elected in the first round. Incumbents Barnet Lyon and Salomons, together with Charles Busken Huet  [ nl ], were easily elected in the first round, while van Praag received just 15 votes and lost his seat.

CandidateVotes%Notes
G.H. Barnet Lyon  [ nl ]11789.31Re-elected
Charles Busken Huet  [ nl ]11184.73Elected
Jacob Alexander Salomons  [ nl ]10076.34Re-elected
Semuel van Praag  [ nl ]1511.45Unseated
J. Gans86.11
Frederick Paul Penard64.58
S. van Lierop43.05
Henri Muller32.29
C.M. Bremer21.53
J.C. Hartman Jr21.53
H.D. Benjamins21.53
Hendrikus Hermanus Kramer10.76
James Delmonte Lijon10.76
J. Colaço Belmonte10.76
C.J.W.N. van Hengst10.76
Rudolph Hendrik Leijsner10.76
A.H. de Granada  [ nl ]10.76
Total376100.00
Valid votes13197.04
Invalid votes00.00
Blank votes42.96
Total votes135100.00
Source: Koloniaal nieuws

Aftermath

Governor-General Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn  [ nl ] reappointed Karel Daniel Brakke  [ nl ], J.F. Saile Vanier  [ nl ] and Joël Benjamin Vos  [ nl ] as nominated members, together with new member David Juda  [ nl ]

The newly elected States met for the first time on 14 May 1878, with A.J. van Emden  [ nl ] initially remaining chairman However, he stepped down from the role a month later. He was not replaced for a year, until David Juda became chairman in May 1879. [2]

Busken Huet resigned just two days after the States opened and was replaced by Marcus Samson van Praag  [ nl ].

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References

  1. Ngo Chun Luk & Hamied Ahmadali (July 2015). "Access to Electoral Rights: Suriname" (PDF). European University Institute.
  2. Koloniale Staten van Suriname, 1866–1891: Volume 1. 1891. pp. 26–29.