Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1928 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 1928 elections were to replace the five members elected in the 1922 elections. Three of the five – , and – were still in office. and had resigned in 1926 and been replaced by and .
De Miranda, Dragten, May and Putchser ran for re-election.
Results As there were 838 valid votes, candidates required 420 to be elected in the first round.
Aftermath (elected in 1924) resigned in 1929 and was replaced by in an August 1929 by-election.
(elected in 1926) left Suriname in 1929 and was replaced by in a September 1929 by-election.
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