1977 Surinamese general election

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39 seats in Parliament
20 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
NPS–HPP–KTPI–PSV	Henck Arron	45.41	22	0
VHP–VVP–NPD–SPS–PL	Jagernath Lachmon	44.12	17	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the: complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Henck Arron NPS	Henck Arron NPS

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General elections were held in Suriname on 31 October 1977, "the first after independence." The result was a victory for the National Party Combination (an alliance of the National Party of Suriname, the Renewed Progressive Party, the Party for National Unity and Solidarity and the Suriname Progressive People's Party), which won 22 of the "39 seats."

Results※


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Party Combination (NPS–HPP–KTPI–PSV)	56,176	45.41	22	0
	United Democratic Party (VHP–VVP–NPD–SPS–PL)	54,583	44.12	17	0
	Nationalist Republican Party	5,871	4.75	0	–
	People's Party [nl]	4,534	3.66	0	New
	Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union	1,006	0.81	0	New
	Democratic People's Front (DVF–VIP–PLP–BEP–PBP [nl])	964	0.78	0	0
	Progressive Muslim Party	361	0.29	0	New
	Progressive National Party	225	0.18	0	0
Total		123,720	100.00	39	0

Registered voters/turnout		159,082	–
Source: Nohlen

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Nohlen, p620