1973 Surinamese general election

1973 Surinamese general election

← 1969 19 November 1973 1977 →

39 seats in the Estates 20 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– NPK Henck Arron 50.28 22 VHP Bloc Jagernath Lachmon 39.06 17 −2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Jules Sedney PNP Henck Arron NPS

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General elections were held in Suriname on 19 November 1973.^[1] The result was a victory for the National Party Combination (an alliance of the National Party of Suriname, the Nationalist Republican Party, the Party for National Unity and Solidarity and the Suriname Progressive People's Party),^[2] which won 22 of the 39 seats.