{"iso":"SR","name":"Suriname","flag":"\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf7","vote":"National Assembly \u00b7 seat projection","model":"seat","updated":"2025-05-25","source":"2025 general election result, official count","credit":"General election results as published by the Centraal Hoofdstembureau, official count","shares":{"NDP":34.2,"VHP":31.8,"ABOP":11.6,"NPS":11.4,"PL":3.8,"A20":2.7,"BEP":2.6,"OTH":1.9},"polls":[],"parties":{"NDP":{"name":"Nationale Democratische Partij","color":"#872890","name_en":"National Democratic Party"},"VHP":{"name":"Vooruitstrevende Hervormingspartij","color":"#FF6500","name_en":"Progressive Reform Party"},"ABOP":{"name":"Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij","color":"#F1C40F","name_en":"General Liberation and Development Party"},"NPS":{"name":"Nationale Partij Suriname","color":"#00964C","name_en":"National Party of Suriname"},"PL":{"name":"Pertjajah Luhur","color":"#DF0508"},"A20":{"name":"Alternatief 2020","color":"#0193DE","name_en":"Alternative 2020"},"BEP":{"name":"Broederschap en Eenheid in de Politiek","color":"#64A638","name_en":"Brotherhood and Unity in Politics"},"OTH":{"name":"Others","color":"#999999"}},"seats":{"NDP":18,"VHP":16,"ABOP":6,"NPS":6,"PL":2,"A20":1,"BEP":1,"OTH":1},"seat_meta":{"total":51,"majority":26,"method":"dhondt","threshold":0.0,"chamber":"National Assembly","note":"Since the 2023 reform the 51 seats are elected from a single nationwide D'Hondt party list with no threshold, so the single-national-pool approximation closely matches the real system.","largest":"NDP"},"primer":{"system":"Assembly-elected presidential republic","head_of_state":"President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, head of state and government, elected by the National Assembly in 2025","legislature":"National Assembly \u00b7 51 seats, which elects the president by a two-thirds vote","electoral_system":"The National Assembly is elected by district-level party-list proportional representation.","government_now":"Jennifer Geerlings-Simons became Suriname's first woman president in July 2025 after coalition talks that followed a closely fought election in which the NDP won 18 seats to the VHP's 17.","context":"Free and competitive multiparty elections with regular alternation of power. The country is preparing for a major offshore oil boom expected to transform its indebted economy by 2028.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders and official election results \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"NDP":["Nationale Democratische Partij","National Democratic Party","Multi-ethnic nationalist-populist party founded by the late D\u00e9si Bouterse; won the most seats in 2025 and now leads the government, with President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons."],"VHP":["Vooruitstrevende Hervormingspartij","Progressive Reform Party","Centrist, historically Indian-Surinamese-based party; governed 2020-2025 under Santokhi, now the main opposition."],"ABOP":["Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij","General Liberation and Development Party","Maroon-based party; junior partner in the NDP-led coalition."],"NPS":["Nationale Partij Suriname","National Party of Suriname","One of the oldest parties, historically Creole-based and social-democratic; junior partner in the governing coalition."],"PL":["Pertjajah Luhur","","Javanese-Surinamese-based centrist party; junior partner in the governing coalition."],"A20":["Alternatief 2020","Alternative 2020","Small reformist party; junior partner in the NDP-led coalition."],"BEP":["Broederschap en Eenheid in de Politiek","Brotherhood and Unity in Politics","Indigenous and interior-based party; junior partner in the governing coalition."],"OTH":["Others","","Aggregate of minor parties; not represented in the current Assembly."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly","as_of":"2025 election","total":51,"seats":{"NDP":18,"VHP":17,"ABOP":6,"NPS":6,"PL":2,"A20":1,"BEP":1,"OTH":0}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2030","title":"Surinamese general election","chamber":"National Assembly","type":"expected"}}