Country: | Suriname |
Previous Election: | 2010 |
Next Election: | 2020 |
Election Date: | 25 May 2015 |
Election Name: | 2015 Surinamese general election |
Seats For Election: | 51 seats in the National Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 26 |
Party1: | National Democratic Party (Suriname) |
Percentage1: | 45.49 |
Seats1: | 26 |
Last Election1: | 19 |
Party2: | V7 |
Colour2: |
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Leader2: | Chan Santokhi |
Percentage2: | 37.27 |
Seats2: | 18 |
Party3: | A-Combination |
Leader3: | Ronnie Brunswijk |
Percentage3: | 10.63 |
Seats3: | 5 |
Last Election3: | 7 |
Party4: | Democracy and Development through Unity |
Percentage4: | 4.30 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Last Election4: | 1 |
Party5: | Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union |
Percentage5: | 0.67 |
Seats5: | 1 |
Last Election5: | 1 |
Chairman of the National Assembly | |
Before Election: | Jennifer Simons |
Before Party: | National Democratic Party (Suriname) |
After Election: | Jennifer Simons |
After Party: | National Democratic Party (Suriname) |
General elections were held in Suriname on 25 May 2015.[1] The National Democratic Party won an absolute majority on its own for the first time.
The 51 seats in the National Assembly were elected using proportional representation in ten multi-member constituencies containing between two and seventeen seats.[2] The ten electoral constituencies are coterminous with the ten administrative districts of Suriname. The National Assembly subsequently elects the president.
Incumbent president Dési Bouterse was reelected by the National Assembly unopposed on 14 July 2015.[3]