Country: | Colony of Surinam |
Previous Election: | 1949 |
Next Election: | 1955 |
Election Date: | 14 March 1951 |
Election Name: | 1951 Surinamese general election |
Seats For Election: | 21 seats in the Estates |
Majority Seats: | 11 |
Nopercentage: | yes |
Party1: | National Party of Suriname |
Leader1: | Archibald Currie |
Seats1: | 13 |
Last Election1: | 13 |
Party2: | Progressive Reform Party (Suriname) |
Leader2: | Jagernath Lachmon |
Seats2: | 6 |
Last Election2: | 6 |
Party3: | Party for National Unity and Solidarity |
Seats3: | 2 |
Last Election3: | 2 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | J.C. de Miranda |
Before Party: | National Party of Suriname |
After Election: | Jacques Drielsma |
After Party: | Independent politician |
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.