1955 Surinamese general election

1955 Surinamese general election

← 1951 29 March 1955 1958 →

21 seats in the Estates of Suriname 11 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Seats +/– EF Johan Ferrier 11 New VHP Jagernath Lachmon 6 0 NPS Eugene Doelwijt 2 −11 KTPI Iding Soemita 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Archibald Currie NPS Johan Ferrier SDP

General elections were held in Suriname on 29 March 1955.^[1] The result was a victory for the Unity Front, which won 11 of the 21 seats.

Results

Party		Seats	+/–
	Unity Front (SDP–PSV–PS [nl])	11	New
	United Hindustani Party	6	0
	National Party of Suriname	2	–11
	Party for National Unity and Solidarity	2	0
	Christian-Social Party	0	0
	Congress Party	0	0
	Suriname Labour Party	0	New
Total		21	0
Source: Nohlen

Elected members

Unity Front

• Stuart Harry Axwijk [nl] (SDP)
• Clemens Ramkisoen Biswamitre [nl] (PSV)
• E.R. Braaf (SDP)
• Rudolf Bernhard William Comvalius [nl] (SDP)
• J.A. Emanuels (PSV)
• J.J. Emanuelson (PS)
• David George Findlay (SDP)
• George Kort [nl] (PS)
• Henny Lamur [nl] (PS)
• Henk van Ommeren [nl] (SDP)
• J.A. Wessels (PSV)

VHP

• Jagernath Lachmon
• Harry Radhakishun
• Harry Francois Sewberath Misser
• Soekdew Mungra [nl]
• Khemradj Kanhai
• Ramkisoen Dewdat Oedayrajsing Varma

NPS

• Emanuel Ferdinand Pierau [nl]
• Johan Kraag

KTPI

• Ashruf Karamat Ali [nl]
• Iding Soemita

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6