Elections in Suriname

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Elections in Suriname gives information on election and election results in Suriname.

Suriname elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by an electoral college based on the parliament. The National Assembly (Nationale Assemblée) has 51 members, elected every five years by proportional representation per district. Suriname has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Contents 1 2005 Legislative election 2 Past elections 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] 2005 Legislative election

Main article: Surinamese legislative election, 2005

Allianced and parties	Votes	%	Seats
New Front for Democracy and Development (Nieuwe Front voor Democratie en Ontwikkeling): National Party of Suriname (Nationale Partij Suriname) Progressive Reform Party (Vooruitstrevende Hervormingspartij) Pertjajah Luhur Surinamese Labour Party (Surinaamse Partij van de Arbeid)		41.2	23
National Democratic Party (Nationale Democratische Partij)		23.1	15
People's Alliance for Progress (Volksalliantie Voor Vooruitgang) Democratic National Platform 2000 (Democratisch Nationaal Platform 2000) Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy (Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie) Party for National Unity and Solidarity (Kerukanan Tulodo Pranatan Ingit)		14.5	5
A-Com General Liberation and Development Party (Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij) Brotherhood and Unity in Politics (Broederschap en Eenheid in de Politiek) Seeka Seeka		7.3	5
A1 Democratic Alternative '91 (Democratisch Alternatief '91) Democrats of the 21st Century (Democraten van de 21ste Eeuw) Political Wing of the FAL (Politieke Vleugel van de FAL) Meeting Point 2000 (Trefpunt 2000)		6.2	3
Union of Progressive Surinamese (Unie van Progressieve Surinamers)		4.9	-
Party for Democracy and Development through Unity (Partij voor Democratie en Ontwikkeling door Eenheid)
Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union (Progressieve Arbeiders- en Landbouwersunie)	PALU	1.0	-
Total (turnout 65.1 %)			51
Source: Dagblad Suriname

[edit] Past elections

v • d • e  Surinamese general elections 1987 · 1991 · 1996 · 2000 · 2005

[edit] See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

[edit] External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive

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