Eligibility Exception:
deprivation of voting right by court decision, detention, insanity
Registration Type:
Automatic registration
Registration Basis:
Residence requirement
Election Management & Enforcement
Nameof EMB:
Com. Voorlichting Verkiezingen
Independent EMB:
Yes
EMBNominations:
7 members by president
EMBTenure:
6 years
Nameof Elect Enforcement Body:
High Court of Justice of Suriname
Candidacy & Campaign Rules
Debate Format:
/
Electoral System & Organisation
Elect System Main Election:
Proportional with no threshold
Main Election Type:
General
Main Election Cycle:
5
Numb Round Main Election:
One
Vote IDRequired:
ID check compulsory
Polling Card:
Polling card sent but not compulsory
National Holiday Elect Day:
Never
Districting Source:
Parliament
Districting Flexibility:
For the election of the members of the National Assembly, Suriname is divided into electoral districts whose boundaries correspond with the boundaries of the current district division. For the election of the members of the Local Councils, the districts are divided into constituencies whose boundaries are specified by separate decree.
Polling Station
Average Voterby Polling Station:
581
Normal Opening Time Poll Station:
700
Normal Closing Time Poll Station:
1900
Polling Station Numbers:
463
Accessibility Requirement:
Party to UNCRPD
Box Feeding System:
Voter
Count Locallyor Centrally:
locally
Manualor Automatic Count:
manual
Nature Counting Personnel:
Polling station committee. Chairman opens each ballot and eldest member of polling station committee shall verify the ballot.
Ballot Paper
Ballot Type:
Paper
Singleor Multi Paper Ballot:
Single
Max Numberof Votesper Ballot:
2
Ballot Paper Type Description:
Each voter receives two paper ballots: blue for the National Assembly and white for the local council.
Ballot Photos:
Freely Allowed
Ballot Colour:
All must be same colour
Ballot Logos:
Freely Allowed
Orderof Candidatesor Parties:
random
Remote Voting
Temporal Remote Voting:
No
Geographical Remote Voting:
No
Personal Remote Voting:
Automatic right
Remote Voting List:
proxy
Mobile Polling Stations:
No
Special Needs
Provision Blind Voters:
Electoral Law (1987) Article 102 states: The polling station may allow a voter to have himself assisted if he is physically disabled.
Provision Deaf Voters:
Electoral Law (1987) Article 102 states: The polling station may allow a voter to have himself assisted if he is physically disabled.
Provision Motor Handicap Voters:
Electoral Law (1987) Article 102 states: The polling station may allow a voter to have himself assisted if he is physically disabled.
Targeted Initiatives
Transparency Initiative:
Counting of votes is done manually and publicly in front of observers from the Independent Electoral Council (OKB) and the public, including representatives of political parties. Article 119. The chairman shall open the ballots and announce for each ballot: the name(s) of the candidate(es) upon whom the vote was cast, if it concerns an election for the Local Council; a. the name of the candidate on whom, and the indication of the political organization on which the vote was cast, if it concerns an election for the National Assembly 2. The eldest member of the polling station committee shall verify the ballot. Two other members shall keep note of every vote cast.