1902 Surinamese general election
General elections were held in Suriname in April 1902 to elect all 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.Results
With 497 valid votes cast, candidates required 249 votes to be elected in the first round. Two seats remained unfilled, resulting in the top four remaining candidates contesting a second round.Aftermath
died in November 1902. A by-election was held between 8 and 14 January 1903, The result was a tie between the two candidates, and, who received 259 votes each, with ten invalid votes. This necessitated a re-run, which was held three weeks later; Bergen was elected with 286 votes, Schoch received 265, and two other candidates received one vote each.returned to the Netherlands in 1903. In the by-election to succeed him, was elected in the second round, defeating.