Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1916 to elect five of the thirteen members of the Colonial States.
Electoral system The elections were held using the two-round system, with suffrage restricted to men who paid a tax contribution of 60 Dutch guilders. Voters had multiple votes, and any candidate receiving a number of votes equivalent to over 50% of the valid ballots cast was elected in the first round. If not all seats were filled, a second round was held.
Candidates were elected for a six-year term with staggered elections every two years and the 1916 elections were for the five members elected in the 1910 elections. Only two of the five – and – were still in office. Daniel Coutinho had resigned in 1910 and been replaced by , had resigned in 1912 and been replaced by (who subsequently resigned in 1914 and was replaced by ), while had resigned in 1915 and been replaced by .
All five incumbents – Arntz, van Amsch van Wijck, Curiel, Dragten and Thomson – ran for re-election.
Results As there were 332 valid votes, candidates required 167 to be elected in the first round.
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