1928 Surinamese general election
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Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1928 to elect five of the thirteen members of the Colonial States.
Electoral system
The elections were held using the two-round system, with suffrage restricted to men who paid a tax contribution of 60 Dutch guilders.[1] Voters had multiple votes, and any candidate receiving a number of votes equivalent to over 50% of the valid ballots cast was elected in the first round. If not all seats were filled, a second round was held.
Candidates were elected for a six-year term with staggered elections every two years and the 1928 elections were to replace the five members elected in the 1922 elections. Three of the five – Anton Dragten, Pieter Alexander May and Richard O'Ferrall – were still in office. Robert David Simons and Simon Daniël de Vries had resigned in 1926 and been replaced by Albert Gustaaf Putscher and Henry George William de Miranda.
De Miranda, Dragten, May and Putchser ran for re-election.
Results
As there were 838 valid votes, candidates required 420 to be elected in the first round.
| Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Dragten | 635 | 75.78 | Re-elected |
| Pieter Alexander May | 601 | 71.72 | Re-elected |
| Henry George William de Miranda | 562 | 67.06 | Re-elected |
| William Kraan | 497 | 59.31 | Elected |
| Albert Gustaaf Putscher | 463 | 55.25 | Re-elected |
| Alfred Morpurgo | 372 | 44.39 | |
| Total | 3,130 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | 838 | 92.60 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 67 | 7.40 | |
| Total votes | 905 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,391 | 65.06 | |
| Source: De West[2] | |||
Aftermath
Karel Johannes van Erpecum (elected in 1924) resigned in 1929 and was replaced by Cornelis William Naar in an August 1929 by-election.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Cornelis William Naar | 287 | 73.78 |
| Philip Samson | 102 | 26.22 |
| Total | 389 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | 389 | 91.96 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 34 | 8.04 |
| Total votes | 423 | 100.00 |
| Source: De West[3] | ||
Pierre Antoine Augustin Bucaille (elected in 1926) left Suriname in 1929 and was replaced by Philip Samson in a September 1929 by-election.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Philip Samson | 338 | 67.20 |
| Alfred Morpurgo | 165 | 32.80 |
| Total | 503 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | 503 | 94.19 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 31 | 5.81 |
| Total votes | 534 | 100.00 |
| Source: De Surinamer[4] | ||