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Suriname

Leadership

Portrait of Jennifer Simons
Jennifer Simons
President
Lula Oficial · Cropped · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Jennifer Simons serves as president. Profile source

National government

SURINAME · ELECTIONS & REPRESENTATION

Votes, seats & parliament

Dated source snapshot

Explore Suriname’s recorded parliamentary results and how each chamber is selected. Leadership portraits appear above; the charts below show seats reported in the linked election records.

Chambers recorded11 not marked suspended in this source
Directly elected1Other chambers may use a different selection method
Results coverage1 / 1Chambers with a party-seat breakdown

These are dated election records, not live chamber membership. By-elections, vacancies, appointments and changes of party may alter the current composition. A seat total can cover only the seats allocated in that result; it does not automatically represent the full statutory chamber.

Directly elected

National Assembly

Recorded selection · 25 May 2025

51seats shown
National Democratic Party (NDP)18
Progressive Reform Party (VHP)17
National Party of Suriname (NPS)6
General Liberation and Development Party (ABOP)6
Pertjajah Luhur (PL)2
Alternative 2020 (A20)1
Brotherhood and Unity in Politics (BEP)1

Each seat icon represents one reported seat. Colours distinguish parties within this chart; the arc is a visual grouping, not a seating plan.

Largest allocation in this resultNational Democratic Party (NDP)18 of 51 reported seats. This alone does not identify a governing coalition.

Next recorded renewal projection31 May 2030A source projection, not a confirmed polling-day announcement.
View the source record ↗

Regional election maps require separately verified geographic results. National seat totals are shown here without inferring regional winners.

Inter-Parliamentary Union: Parliamentary elections, November 2026. Terms of use · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

UN heads of state and government reference