Elections in Suriname
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Elections in Suriname gives information on election and election results in Suriname.
Suriname elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by an electoral college based on the parliament. The National Assembly (Nationale Assemblée) has 51 members, elected every five years by proportional representation per district. Suriname has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
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[edit] 2010 Legislative election
Main article: Surinamese legislative election, 2010
| Parties and alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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| Mega Combinatie | 95,543 | 40.22 | 23 | |||
| New Front for Democracy and Development | 75,190 | 31.65 | 14 | |||
| People's Alliance | 30,844 | 12.98 | 6 | |||
| Party for Democracy and Development through Unity | 12,085 | 5.09 | 1 | |||
| BVD/PVF | 12,043 | 5.07 | — | |||
| A Combinatie | 11,176 | 4.70 | 7 | |||
| Democratic Union Suriname | 284 | 0.12 | — | |||
| Permanent Prosperity Republic of Suriname | 261 | 0.11 | — | |||
| National Union | 149 | 0.06 | — | |||
| Total (turnout 73.21%) | 237,575 | 100.00 | 51 | |||
| Source: verkiezingen.gov.sr] | ||||||
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