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    General elections were held in Suriname on 25 May 2015. The National Democratic Party won an absolute majority on its own for the first time. The 51 seats...
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    value of the Surinamese dollar falling. On 1 April, Standard & Poor's downgraded the country's credit rating from B to CCC. The elections took place during...
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    General elections were held in Suriname on 25 May 2005. The governing New Front for Democracy and Development of president Ronald Venetiaan lost seats...
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    Ashwin Adhin (category Surinamese Hindus)
    President Dési Bouterse, replacing Shirley Sitaldin. After the 2015 Surinamese general election, in which Adhin was elected to the National Assembly for the...
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    General elections were held in Suriname on 25 May 2000. The result was a victory for the New Front for Democracy and Development, which won 33 of the...
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    General elections were held in Suriname on 29 March 1955. The result was a victory for the Unity Front, which won 11 of the 21 seats. Unity Front Stuart...
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    General elections were held in Suriname on 15 March 1967. The result was a victory for the National Party of Suriname, which won 17 of the 39 seats. Dieter...
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    General elections were held in Suriname on 25 June 1958. The result was a victory for the National Party of Suriname, which won nine of the 21 seats....
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    General elections were held in Suriname on 19 November 1973. The result was a victory for the National Party Combination (an alliance of the National...
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    General elections were held in Suriname on 31 October 1977, the first after independence. The result was a victory for the National Party Combination...
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    General elections were held in Surinam on 30 May 1949. The result was a victory for the National Party of Suriname, which won 13 of the 21 seats. Voter...
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    General elections were held in Suriname on 25 November 1987. They were the first held in the country since the first post-independence elections in 1977...
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    General elections were held in Suriname on 24 October 1969. The result was a victory for the VHP bloc (an alliance of the VHP, the Indonesian People's...
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    General elections were held in Surinam on 14 March 1951. The result was a victory for the National Party of Suriname, which won 13 of the 21 seats. National...
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    General elections were held in Suriname on 25 May 2010. Nine entities contested the election, including several coalitions. Pre-election polls suggested...
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    effect to leave a black or brown mark. However, for the 2005 Surinamese legislative election, orange replaced violet as the colour for marking the voters'...
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    General elections were held in Suriname in March 1963. The result was a victory for the National Party of Suriname, which won 14 of the 36 seats. Dieter...
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    Solidarity and the Surinamese Labour Party), which won 24 of the 51 seats. Voter turnout was 67%. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data...
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    Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1884 to elect three of the nine elected members of the Colonial States. The Colonial States consisted...
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    Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1876 to elect three of the nine elected members of the Colonial States. The Colonial States consisted...
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    Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March and April 1882 to elect three of the nine elected members of the Colonial States. The Colonial...
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    Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1874 to elect three of the nine elected members of the Colonial States. The Colonial States consisted...
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    Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March and April 1868 to elect three of the nine elected members of the Colonial States. The Colonial...
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    General elections were held in Suriname for the first time in April 1866 following the creation of a partially elected Colonial States. The Colonial States...
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    Progressive Reform Party, the Party for National Unity and Solidarity and the Surinamese Labour Party), which won 30 of the 51 seats. Voter turnout was 69% Democratic...
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    Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1880 to elect three of the nine elected members of the Colonial States. The Colonial States consisted...
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    Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1886 to elect three of the nine elected members of the Colonial States. The Colonial States consisted...
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    Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1878 to elect three of the nine elected members of the Colonial States. The Colonial States consisted...
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    The 1980 Surinamese coup d'état, usually referred to as the Sergeants' Coup (Dutch: De Sergeantencoup), was a military coup in Suriname which occurred...
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