1969 Surinamese general election

1969 Surinamese general election
24 October 1969
39 seats in the Estates
20 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
VHP Bloc Jagernath Lachmon 37.23 19 +2
NPS Johan Adolf Pengel 27.19 11 −6
PNP Bloc Jules Sedney 23.37 8 +5
PNR Eddy Bruma 7.81 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Arthur Johan May
Independent		 Jules Sedney
PNP

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 Party and the Action Group), which won 19 of the 39 seats.

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