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1882 Surinamese general election

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Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March and April 1882 to elect three of the nine elected members of the Colonial States.

Electoral system

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The Colonial States consisted of nine elected members and four appointed by the Governor-General.[1] Elected members served six-year terms, with three members elected every two years. The 1882 elections were to replace the three members elected in 1876, Phoebus Hitzerus Verbeek [nl], A.J. da Costa [nl] and Henry Barnett [nl]. Verbeek had resigned in 1880 and been replaced by Arend d'Angremond [nl].

The elections were held using the two-round system, with suffrage restricted to men meeting certain criteria. Voters had multiple votes, and any candidate receiving a number of votes equivalent to over 50% of the valid ballots cast was elected in the first round. If not all seats were filled, a second round was held with twice the number of candidates as seats remaining, who were the candidates who received the most votes but failed to be elected in the first round.

Results

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As there were 145 valid ballots cast, candidates required 73 votes to be elected in the first round. Incumbent Barnett and A.H. de Granada [nl] were elected in the first round, while F.W. Westerouen van Meeteren missed out on being elected by a single vote. He and incumbent da Costa contested the second round, in which they were tied on 88 votes. Da Costa was declared elected on the basis that he was the older of the two candidates.

CandidateFirst roundSecond roundNotes
Votes%Votes%
Henry Barnett [nl]8558.62Re-elected
A.H. de Granada [nl]8055.17Elected
F.W. Westerouen van Meeteren7249.668850.00
A.J. da Costa [nl]6041.388850.00Re-elected
Willem August van Emden4430.34
Eduard Adriaan Cabell3826.21
H.Z. van Campen32.07
J. Coronel32.07
Isak Aron Samuels32.07
Thomas Godlieb Smith32.07
H.D. Benjamins21.38
J. Gans21.38
Jan Philippus Albertus Hoeffelman21.38
G.H. Samson21.38
François Philemon Bouguenon10.69
C.M. Bremner10.69
James Delmonte Lijon10.69
Johannis Philippus Haase Jr10.69
G.P. Heilbron10.69
H.C.W. Polak10.69
Alexander Samuel Samuels10.69
Isak Nathan Samuels10.69
M. Schotman10.69
H. Schouten10.69
David Isak Simons10.69
A. Smith Thomson10.69
Jaques de Vries10.69
Johannis Jacobus Pierre Wessels10.69
Johannis Cornelius Zaalberg Pauluszoon10.69
Total414100.00176100.00
Valid votes14598.6417699.44
Invalid votes00.0000.00
Blank votes21.3610.56
Total votes147100.00177100.00
Source: De West-Indiër, Surinaamsche courant

Aftermath

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Governor-General Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn [nl] reappointed David Juda [nl] and J.F. Saile Vanier [nl] as nominated members, together with G.A.H. Knoch [nl] and formerly elected member Arend d'Angremond [nl].

The newly elected States met for the first time on 9 May 1882, with Juda remaining chairman.[2]

D'Angremond resigned in 1883 when he left Suriname and was replaced by Wouterus van Esveld [nl].

References

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  1. ^ Ngo Chun Luk & Hamied Ahmadali (July 2015). "Access to Electoral Rights: Suriname" (PDF). European University Institute.
  2. ^ Koloniale Staten van Suriname, 1866–1891: Volume 1. 1891. pp. 26–29.