General elections were held in Suriname on 13 February and 20 March 1942 to elect ten members of the Estates.
Electoral system The States consisted of ten elected members and five members appointed by the governor. The elections were held using the two-round system, with suffrage restricted to men who held a diploma from extended primary education, although women were allowed to stand as candidates. 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.
Results As there were 1,066 valid votes, candidates required 534 to be elected in the first round.
Aftermath Following the elections Governor Johannes Kielstra appointed , , , and as the nominated members. became chair of the States.
In 1943 Wim Bos Verschuur was imprisoned without trial after petitioning Queen Wilhelmina to remove Kiestra from office. In protest, all other elected members of the States (except who was overseas) resigned. They were all subsequently re-elected in September 1943 by-elections; Bos Verschuur was replaced by , who had promised to resign once Bos Verschuur was released.
After Bos Verschuur was released following an honourable discharge by the Dutch government-in-exile, de Miranda stood down and Bos Verschuur was declared elected unopposed in January 1945.
and resigned later in 1945 and were replaced by the returning de Miranda and in the subsequent by-election in May.
Later in the same year Jo Einaar resigned and was replaced by , who was declared elected unopposed on 1 October.
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