General elections were held in

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on 25 June 1958.

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p614 The result was a victory for the

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, which won nine of the 21 seats.

Results

Elected members

;National Party of Suriname (NPS) * Emile Ensberg * Frank Essed * Emile de la Fuente *

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* Walter Lim A Po * Johan Adolf Pengel * Emanuel Ferdinand Pierau *

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* Jules Sof ;United Hindustani Party (VHP) *

Jagernath Lachmon Jagernath Lachmon, also Jaggernath Lachmon, (21 September 1916 – 19 October 2001) was a Surinamese politician. He was one of the founders of the Progressive Reform Party (VHP), an Indo-Surinamese party founded in 1947 of which he served as Pre ...

* Harry Mungra * Harry Radhakishun * Mohamed Islam Ramdjan (Moslimblok) ;Progressive Surinamese People's Party (PSV) *

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Emile Wijntuin Emile Linus Alfred Wijntuin (22 September 1924 – 7 May 2020) was a Surinamese politician who served as Chairman of the National Assembly of Suriname from 1975 until the aftermath of the 1980 Surinamese coup d'état. Wijntuin was a member of t ...

* Leo Guda * Paul van Philips ;Party for National Unity and Solidarity (KTPI) * Iding Soemita * S. Soedardjo ;Nickerie Independent Party * Dewnarain Poetoe * Johan Somaroe Kolhoe

Replacements

* Van Philips (PSV) became in 1958 minister and was succeeded by Coen Ooft. * Essed and Ensberg (both NPS) also became minister and were succeeded by André Morgenstond and

Olton van Genderen Olton Willem van Genderen (17 October 1921 – 9 November 1990) was a Surinamese civil servant and politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Suriname from 24 December 1973 until the 1980 Surinamese coup d'état, coup d'état of 25 Februar ...

* Pierau died in 1962

References

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Elections in Suriname

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Election and referendum articles with incomplete results June 1958