Surinamese general election, 1973

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General elections were held in Suriname on 19 November 1973.^[1] The result was a victory for the National Party Combination (an alliance of the National Party of Suriname, the Nationalist Republican Party, the Party for National Unity and Solidarity and the Suriname Progressive People's Party),^[2] which won 22 of the 39 seats. Voter turnout was 76.1%.^[3]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
National Party Combination	61,700	50.3	22	–
VHP bloc¹	47,931	39.1	17	-2
Progressive National Party	3,908	3.2	0	–
Bush Negro Unity Party	3,198	2.6	0	New
Renewed Progressive Party	3,121	2.5	0	New
United People's Party-Surinamese Women's Front	1,215	1.0	0	New
Democratic People's Front	676	0.6	0	New
Democratic Union of Suriname	334	0.3	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	122,711	100	39	0
Source: Nohlen

¹ The VHP bloc was an alliance of the VHP, the Indonesian People's Party and the Progressive Bush Negro Party.

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p620
↑ Nohlen, p615

Elections in Suriname

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Referendums	1987

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