Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March 1918 to elect four of the 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.
Candidates were elected for a six-year term with staggered elections every two years and the 1918 elections were for the four members elected in the 1912 elections. However, all four had since resigned, three of them in 1914; was replaced by (who himself subsequently resigned in 1915 and was replaced by ), by Adolf Nassy and by . The fourth member, , resigned in 1915 and was replaced by .
Of the four incumbents, Dijckmeester, Hering and van Ommeren ran for re-election, while Nassy did not.
Results As there were 440 valid votes, candidates required 221 to be elected in the first round.
Aftermath (elected in 1914) resigned later in 1918 and was replaced by .
also resigned in 1918 and was replaced by .
(elected in 1916) resigned in 1919 and was replaced by .
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