1973 Surinamese general election
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. Voter turnout was 76.1%.[3]
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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| National Party Combination | 61,700 | 50.3 | 22 | – |
| VHP bloc¹ | 47,931 | 39.1 | 17 | -2 |
| Progressive National Party | 3,908 | 3.2 | 0 | – |
| Bush Negro Unity Party | 3,198 | 2.6 | 0 | New |
| Renewed Progressive Party | 3,121 | 2.5 | 0 | New |
| United People's Party-Surinamese Women's Front | 1,215 | 1.0 | 0 | New |
| Democratic People's Front | 676 | 0.6 | 0 | New |
| Democratic Union of Suriname | 334 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | |
| Total | 122,711 | 100 | 39 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
¹ The VHP bloc was an alliance of the VHP, the Indonesian People's Party and the Progressive Bush Negro Party.
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References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- Nohlen, p620
- Nohlen, p615
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