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Upcoming Elections

  • Parliamentary
    May 2015
  • Presidential
    2015

Suriname
  • Suriname
  • Republic of Suriname
  • Region: Americas

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Desiré Delano "Dési" BOUTERSE
  • Head of Government: Head of Government Desiré Delano "Dési" BOUTERSE
  • Assembly: Suriname has a unicameral National Assembly (Nationale Assemblee) with 51 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by the National Assembly to serve a 5-year term.*
  • In the National Assembly (Nationale Assemblee) 51 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***

* If no presidential or vice presidential candidate receives a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly after two votes, a simple majority is required in the United People's Assembly (Volksvergadering), which consists of 893 representatives from the national, local, and regional councils.

*** Members are elected to 10 multi-member constituencies. District magnitude is determined by the constitution and not population size.

Population:

  • Population: 560,157 (July 2011 est.)

Future elections

  • Presidential - 2015
  • Parliamentary - May 2015

Past elections

Last Updated on 06/19/2012

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