Partial general elections were held in Suriname in March and April 1912 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 1912 elections were for the four members elected in the 1906 elections. Of those four, , and were still in office, while had died in 1909 and been replaced by .
Only Bibaz and Beckeringh van Loenen ran for re-election.
Results As there were 359 valid votes, candidates required 180 to be elected in the first round.
Aftermath (elected in 1910) resigned in 1912 and was replaced by Pieter Alexander May.
(elected in 1908) died in 1913. was the only candidate nominated for the by-election and was declared elected unopposed in June.
(elected in 1908) resigned in 1913 and was replaced by .
Eduard Zeiler resigned in 1914. was the only candidate nominated to replace him and was elected unopposed.
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