1955 Surinamese general election

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.

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

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