39 seats in the Estates 20 seats needed for a majority
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
VHP Bloc
Jagernath Lachmon
37.23
19
+2
NPS
Johan Adolf Pengel
27.19
11
−6
PNP Bloc
Jules Sedney
23.37
8
+5
PNR
Eddy Bruma
7.81
1
+1
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General elections were held in Suriname on 24 October 1969.[1] The result was a victory for the VHP bloc (an alliance of the VHP, the Indonesian People's Party and the Action Group [nl]), which won 19 of the 39 seats.
^Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
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