1969 Surinamese general election

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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

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General elections were held in Suriname on 24 October 1969.^[1] The result was a victory for the VHP bloc (an alliance of the VHP, the Indonesian People's Party and the Action Group [nl]), which won 19 of the 39 seats.