Country: | Suriname |
Previous Election: | 2020 |
Next Election: | 2030 |
Election Date: | 25 May 2025 |
Seats For Election: | All 51 seats in the National Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 26 |
Ongoing: | yes |
Party1: | Progressive Reform Party (Suriname) |
Leader1: | Chan Santokhi |
Last Election1: | 9 |
Current Seats1: | 20 |
Party2: | National Democratic Party (Suriname) |
Leader2: | Jennifer Geerlings-Simons |
Last Election2: | 26 |
Current Seats2: | 16 |
Party3: | National Party of Suriname |
Leader3: | Gregory Rusland |
Last Election3: | 2 |
Current Seats3: | 3 |
Party4: | ABOP |
Leader4: | Ronnie Brunswijk |
Last Election4: | 5 |
Current Seats4: | 8 |
Party5: | PL |
Leader5: | Paul Somohardjo |
Last Election5: | 5 |
Current Seats5: | 2 |
Party6: | Brotherhood and Unity in Politics |
Last Election6: | 2 |
Current Seats6: | 2 |
President | |
Before Election: | Chan Santokhi |
Before Party: | Progressive Reform Party (Suriname) |
General elections are set to be held in Suriname on 25 May 2025. This was made public by president Chan Santokhi in his annual speech at the National Assembly on 1 October 2024.[1]
After his resignation in mid October 2024 as minister of Internal Affairs, Bronto Somohardjo was succceeded one and a half month later by Delano Landvreugd as minister and Maurits Hassankhan as deputy minister. Hassankhan will have the responsibility of organizing the elections of 2025.[2]
The 51 seats in the National Assembly are elected using party-list proportional representation. Previous general elections had been held using ten multi-member constituencies, but following a ruling by the Constitutional Court in 2022 that judged that it was unconstitutional, the constituencies were abolished and all 51 seats will be elected from a single nationwide constituency. This case was started by Serena Essed.[3] The Assembly approved the new electoral system on 13 October 2023.[4]