2025 Surinamese general election
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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox legislative election
|country=Suriname
|previous_election=2020
|next_election=
|election_date=25 May 2025
|seats_for_election=All 51 seats in the National Assembly
|majority_seats=26
|ongoing=yes
|party1=Progressive Reform Party (Suriname)|leader1=Chan Santokhi|last_election1=9|current_seats1=20
|party2=National Democratic Party (Suriname)|leader2=Jennifer Geerlings-Simons|last_election2=26|current_seats2=16
|party3=National Party of Suriname|leader3=Gregory Rusland|last_election3=2|current_seats3=3
|party4=ABOP|leader4=Ronnie Brunswijk|last_election4=5|current_seats4=8
|party5=PL|leader5=Paul Somohardjo|last_election5=5|current_seats5=2
|party6=Brotherhood and Unity in Politics|leader6={{ill|Ronny Asabina|nl}}|last_election6=2|current_seats6=2
|title=President
|before_election=Chan Santokhi
|before_party=Progressive Reform Party (Suriname)
}}{{Politics of Suriname}}
General elections are set to be held in Suriname on 25 May 2025. This was made public by president Chan Santokhi in his annual speech at the National Assembly on 1 October 2024.[https://www.srherald.com/suriname/2024/10/01/president-santokhi-houdt-laatste-jaarrede-maakt-datum-verkiezingen-bekend/ President Santokhi houdt laatste jaarrede, maakt datum verkiezingen bekend] Suriname Herald, 1 October 2024 {{in lang|nl}}
After his resignation in mid-October 2024 as minister of Internal Affairs, {{ill|Bronto Somohardjo|nl}} was succeeded one and a half months later by {{ill|Delano Landvreugd|nl}} as minister and {{ill|Maurits Hassankhan|nl}} as deputy minister. Hassankhan will have the responsibility of organizing the elections of 2025.[https://www.srherald.com/suriname/2024/11/29/kogel-door-de-kerk-delano-landvreugd-wordt-nieuwe-biza-minister/ Kogel door de kerk: Delano Landvreugd wordt nieuwe Biza-minister] Suriname Herald, 29 November 2024 {{in lang|nl}}
Electoral system
The 51 seats in the National Assembly are elected using party-list proportional representation. Previous general elections had been held using ten multi-member constituencies, but following a ruling by the Constitutional Court in 2022 that judged that it was unconstitutional, the constituencies were abolished and all 51 seats will be elected from a single nationwide constituency. This case was started by Serena Essed.[https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/71372 Huidige zetelverdeling districten is van de baan] Star Nieuws, 5 August 2022 {{in lang|nl}} The Assembly approved the new electoral system on 13 October 2023.[https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/77956 Kiesstelstel gewijzigd; verkiezingen zijn weer mogelijk] Star Nieuws, 13 October 2023 {{in lang|nl}}
References
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