Surinamese general election, 1969

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General elections were held in Suriname in November 1969.^[1] The result was a victory for the VHP bloc (an alliance of the VHP, the Indonesian People's Party and the Action Group), which won 19 of the 39 seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
VHP bloc	75,963	37.2	19	+2
National Party of Suriname	55,482	27.2	11	-6
PNP bloc¹	47,690	23.4	8	+5
Nationalist Republican Party	15,943	7.8	1	+1
Surinamese Democratic Party	3,152	1.5	0	-2
Surinamese Hindu Party	2,154	1.1	0	New
Other parties	3,657	1.8	0	–
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	204,041	100	39	0
Source: Nohlen

¹ The PNP bloc was an alliance of the Progressive National Party, the Party for National Unity and Solidarity and the Suriname Progressive People's Party.

References

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

Elections in Suriname

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