1977 Surinamese general election

1977 Surinamese general election

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39 seats in Parliament 20 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– NPS–HPP–KTPI–PSV Henck Arron 45.41 22 0 VHP–VVP–NPD–SPS–PL Jagernath Lachmon 44.12 17 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Henck Arron NPS Henck Arron NPS

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General elections were held in Suriname on 31 October 1977, the first after independence.^[1] The result was a victory for the National Party Combination (an alliance of the National Party of Suriname, the Renewed Progressive Party, the Party for National Unity and Solidarity and the Suriname Progressive People's Party),^[2] which won 22 of the 39 seats.