1951 Surinamese general election

General elections were held in Surinam on 14 March 1951.^[1] The result was a victory for the National Party of Suriname, which won 13 of the 21 seats.

1951 Surinamese general election

← 1949 14 March 1951 1955 →

21 seats in the Estates 11 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Seats +/– NPS Archibald Currie 13 0 VHP Jagernath Lachmon 6 0 KTPI Iding Soemita 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after J.C. de Miranda NPS Jacques Drielsma Independent

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Party of Suriname			13	0
	United Hindustani Party			6	0
	Party for National Unity and Solidarity			2	0
	Agrarian Party			0	New
	Christian-Social Party			0	0
	Congress Party			0	New
Total				21	0
Registered voters/turnout			38.4
Source: Nohlen

Elected members

• National Party of Suriname
  • Frederik Lim A Po
  • Paul Kolader
  • David George Findlay
  • Henk van Ommeren
  • Johan Adolf Pengel
  • Rudolf Bernhard William Comvalius
  • Frederick James Alexander Murray
  • Johan Kraag
  • Stuart Harry Axwijk
  • Emanuel Ferdinand Pierau
  • James Alexander Mac May
  • Huerta Milano Celvius Bergen
  • Just Rens

• United Hindustani Party
  • Jagernath Lachmon
  • Harry Radhakishun
  • Harry Francois Sewberath Misser
  • Soekdew Mungra
  • Khemradj Kanhai
  • Ramkisoen Dewdat Oedayrajsing Varma

• Party for National Unity and Solidarity
  • Ashruf Karamat Ali
  • Iding Soemita

Changes

• Guno Kletter succeeded Lim A Po after by-election in 1953.
• Jules Sof succeeded Murray after by-election in 1954.