Country: | Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) |
Previous Election: | 1967 |
Next Election: | 1973 |
Election Date: | 24 October 1969 |
Election Name: | 1969 Surinamese general election |
Seats For Election: | 39 seats in the Estates |
Majority Seats: | 20 |
Party1: | VHP Bloc |
Leader1: | Jagernath Lachmon |
Percentage1: | 37.23 |
Seats1: | 19 |
Last Election1: | 17 |
Party2: | National Party of Suriname |
Leader2: | Johan Adolf Pengel |
Percentage2: | 27.19 |
Seats2: | 11 |
Last Election2: | 17 |
Party3: | PNP Bloc |
Leader3: | Jules Sedney |
Percentage3: | 23.37 |
Seats3: | 8 |
Last Election3: | 3 |
Party4: | Nationalist Republican Party (Suriname) |
Leader4: | Eddy Bruma |
Percentage4: | 7.81 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Last Election4: | 0 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Arthur Johan May |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Election: | Jules Sedney |
After Party: | Progressive National Party (Suriname) |
General elections were held in Suriname on 24 October 1969.[1] The result was a victory for the VHP bloc (an alliance of the VHP, the Indonesian People's Party and the), which won 19 of the 39 seats.