1900 Surinamese general election

Partial general elections were held in Suriname on 21 March 1900 to elect three of the nine elected members of the Colonial States. ^[1]

Electoral system

The Colonial States consisted of nine elected members and four appointed by the Governor-General. ^[2] Elected members served six-year terms, with three members elected every two years. The 1898 elections were to replace the three members elected in 1894, Julius Muller  [ nl ], A.H. de Granada  [ nl ] and Guillaume Jean Vanier  [ nl ]. Granada had been replaced by Frits Curiel  [ nl ] in 1897. All three incumbents ran for re-election.

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.

Results

As there were 271 valid ballots cast, candidates required 136 votes to be elected in the first round.

Candidate	Votes	%	Notes
Frits Curiel  [ nl ]	263	97.05	Re-elected
Julius Muller  [ nl ]	191	70.48	Re-elected
François Wijnand Hensen  [ nl ]	168	61.99	Elected
Richard O'Ferrall  [ nl ]	92	33.95
J.J. Halfhide	40	14.76
Jacques Bernard Nassy  [ nl ]	13	4.80
J.O. Harken	7	2.58
Samuel Bueno Bibaz  [ nl ]	5	1.85
S.E.J. Demarchi	2	0.74
Karel Hendrik Bergen  [ nl ]	2	0.74
J.A.H. Reiziger	2	0.74
A. Bruyning	2	0.74
A.J. Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye	1	0.37
Guillaume Jean Vanier  [ nl ]	1	0.37	Unseated
J.H.S. Tafares	1	0.37
I. Arah	1	0.37
Reinbertus Aloisius Tammenga  [ nl ]	1	0.37
J.L. Hijmans	1	0.37
J.E. Abarbanel	1	0.37
C.A. Ma Ajong	1	0.37
Samuel Muller van Voorst  [ nl ]	1	0.37
Total	796	100.00
Valid votes	271	98.55
Invalid votes	0	0.00
Blank votes	4	1.45
Total votes	275	100.00
Source: Nieuwe Surinaamsche Courant [3]

Aftermath

The Governor-General reappointed Isaac de Costa  [ nl ], Adrianus van 't Hoogerhuys  [ nl ], Salomon Matthijs Swijt  [ nl ] and Reinbertus Aloisius Tammenga  [ nl ] as nominated members. Cornelis Johannes Heylidy  [ nl ] remained chairman.

References

1. "Verkiezings Statistiek". Nieuwe Surinaamsche Courant. 29 March 1900. pp. 1–2.
2. Ngo Chun Luk & Hamied Ahmadali (July 2015). "Access to Electoral Rights: Suriname" (PDF). European University Institute.
3. "Statenverkiezingen". Nieuwe Surinaamsche Courant. 25 March 1900.