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Suriname
Last reviewed: 4 July 2008

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POLITICS

Elections

Peaceful elections took place on 25 May 2005. The incumbent New Front coalition won 23 of the 51 seats in the National Assembly but this was not enough to directly nominate a president. On 3 August the 891 member assembly of regional councils re-elected President Venetiaan with 560 votes. The opposition candidate Rabin Parmessar received 315 votes. The seats in the National Assembly by party were: NF (23), NDP (15), AC (5), VVV (5), A1 (3).

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