1901 Surinamese general election

Supplementary general elections were held in Suriname in May 1901 to elect four of the thirteen members of the Colonial States. The elections followed reforms to the States that replaced the four members appointed by the Governor-General with elected members. ^[1]

Electoral system

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 196 valid ballots cast, candidates required 99 votes to be elected in the first round. ^[2]

Three of the four outgoing appointed members ran for election; Isaac de Costa  [ nl ], Adrianus van 't Hoogerhuys  [ nl ] and Reinbertus Aloisius Tammenga  [ nl ], all of whom were successful. Samuel Muller van Voorst  [ nl ] was also elected.

Candidate	Votes	%	Notes
Adrianus van 't Hoogerhuys  [ nl ]	166	84.69	Elected
Isaac de Costa  [ nl ]	147	75.00	Elected
Samuel Muller van Voorst  [ nl ]	142	72.45	Elected
Reinbertus Aloisius Tammenga  [ nl ]	122	62.24	Elected
J.E. Aberbanel	18	9.18
Richard O'Ferrall  [ nl ]	17	8.67
Jacques Bernard Nassy  [ nl ]	17	8.67
A.J. Baron Schimmelpenninck van de Oije	12	6.12
D. Geester	10	5.10
W. van Voss	9	4.59
Dahlberg	8	4.08
J.J. Halfhide	8	4.08
Francis Ellis	5	2.55
Libanon	5	2.55
Karel Hendrik Bergen  [ nl ]	4	2.04
J. Bakker	3	1.53
Graaf van Heerdt tot Eversberg	2	1.02
Van der Houven van Oordt	2	1.02
John Robert Thomson  [ nl ]	2	1.02
J.A. Gonggrijp	2	1.02
S. Gonggrijp	2	1.02
S.H. Pos	2	1.02
F.P. Sevenoaks	2	1.02
Westmaas	2	1.02
J. Hering	2	1.02
J. Reiziger	1	0.51
Alexander Ferrier Wilmans  [ nl ]	1	0.51
J. Mavor	1	0.51
H.M. Simons	1	0.51
P.A. Bruggeman	1	0.51
A.E. Tjin-kon-fat	1	0.51
W.T. Liems	1	0.51
R.C. Buth	1	0.51
Lo-Anam	1	0.51
Wong-A-Sie	1	0.51
J. Schomaker	1	0.51
F. Stähelin	1	0.51
Rijsdijk	1	0.51
Veldhuizen	1	0.51
Ravenswaai	1	0.51
Notaris Cabell	1	0.51
B. Heijde	1	0.51
J. Polak	1	0.51
Majoor Brouwer	1	0.51
J.L. Engelbrecht	1	0.51
Hermann Esser	1	0.51
Bueno de Mesquita	1	0.51
J.C. Weidner	1	0.51
A.H. Zuschen	1	0.51
F. Eyckmans	1	0.51
Total	736	100.00
Valid votes	196	97.51
Invalid/blank votes	5	2.49
Total votes	201	100.00
Source: De Surinamer [2]

References

1. Rosemarijn Hoefte (2014). Suriname in the Long Twentieth Century: Domination, Contestation, Globalization. p. 48.
2. "De Verkiezingen voor de Koloniale Staten". De Surinamer. 12 May 1901.