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1996 Surinamese general election

Field	Value
country	Suriname
previous_election	[1991](1991-surinamese-general-election)
next_election	[2000](2000-surinamese-general-election)
election_date	23 May 1996
election_name	1996 Surinamese general election
seats_for_election	51 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	26
turnout	66.66% ( 2.64pp)
party1	New Front for Democracy and Development
leader1	Ronald Venetiaan
percentage1	41.78
seats1	24
last_election1	30
party2	National Democratic Party (Suriname)
leader2	Jules Wijdenbosch
percentage2	26.21
seats2	16
last_election2	12
party3	Democratic Alternative '91
leader3	Winston Jessurun
percentage3	13.00
seats3	4
last_election3	7
party4	PL
leader4	Paul Somohardjo
percentage4	9.25
seats4	4
last_election4	2
party5	–PVF–PSV
percentage5	8.40
seats5	3
last_election5	0
map	1996 Surinamese general election - Results by district.svg
map_caption	Results by district
title	Chairman of the National Assembly
before_election	Jagernath Lachmon
before_party	VHP
after_election	Marijke Djwalapersad
after_party	BVD

General elections were held in Suriname on 23 May 1996. The result was a victory for the New Front for Democracy and Development (an alliance of the National Party of Suriname, the Progressive Reform Party, the Party for National Unity and Solidarity and the Surinamese Labour Party), which won 24 of the 51 seats. Voter turnout was 67%.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p614 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
(1996). "Election Watch". Journal of Democracy.
Nohlen, p615

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