1987 Surinamese general election

1987 Surinamese general election
	51 seats in the National Assembly; 26 seats needed for a majority
Jules Wijdenbosch; NDP	Jules Wijdenbosch; NDP

General elections were held in Suriname on 25 November 1987, the first for over ten years.^[1] The result was a victory for the Front for Democracy and Development (an alliance of the National Party of Suriname, the Progressive Reform Party and the Party for National Unity and Solidarity),^[2] which won 40 of the 51 seats. Voter turnout was 85%.

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Front for Democracy and Development (VHP–NPS–KTPI)^[a]	147,196	85.50	40	–
	National Democratic Party	16,000	9.29	3	New
	Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union	2,910	1.69	4	+4
	Surinamese Labour Party	2,704	1.57	0	New
	Pendawa Lima	2,676	1.55	4	–
	Partij Perbangunan Rakjat Suriname	664	0.39	0	New
Total		172,150	100.00	51	+12

Valid votes		172,130	97.23
Invalid/blank votes		4,895	2.77
Total votes		177,025	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		208,356	84.96
Source: Nohlen^[b]

^ The VHP won 16 of the 40 seats, the NPS 14 and the KTPI 10.^[3]
^ There is a difference of 20 between the party totals and the reported number of valid votes.^[2]

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ ^a ^b Nohlen, p620
^ Nohlen, p622

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