Country: | Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) |
Previous Election: | 1969 |
Next Election: | 1977 |
Election Date: | 19 November 1973 |
Election Name: | 1973 Surinamese general election |
Seats For Election: | 39 seats in the Estates |
Majority Seats: | 20 |
Party1: | NPK |
Leader1: | Henck Arron |
Percentage1: | 50.28 |
Seats1: | 22 |
Party2: | VHP Bloc |
Leader2: | Jagernath Lachmon |
Percentage2: | 39.06 |
Seats2: | 17 |
Last Election2: | 19 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Jules Sedney |
Before Party: | Progressive National Party (Suriname) |
After Election: | Henck Arron |
After Party: | National Party of Suriname |
General elections were held in Suriname on 19 November 1973.[1] The result was a victory for the National Party Combination (an alliance of the National Party of Suriname, the Nationalist Republican Party, the Party for National Unity and Solidarity and the Suriname Progressive People's Party),[2] which won 22 of the 39 seats.