Partial general elections were held in Suriname on 3 April and 4 May 1934 to elect five 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 1934 elections were to replace the five members elected in the 1928 elections. Only three of them – , and – were still in office and serving the same term; had resigned in 1932 and been replaced by , while had also resigned in 1932 and been replaced by (May had subsequently run in a 1933 by-election and been elected to serve the remainder of the term of , who had been elected in 1930).
Four of the five incumbents – Kraan, de Miranda, Putscher and Zaal – ran for re-election, while van Erpecum did not.
Results As there were 418 valid votes, candidates required 210 to be elected in the first round. The four contesting incumbents were re-elected in the first round, with defeating C.E. Wolf by just one vote in the second round.
Aftermath In 1935 Johannes Brons (elected in 1930) resigned and was replaced by the returning , who was declared elected unopposed on 11 February.
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