2007 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
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All 51 seats in the island councils of Bonaire (9), Curaçao (21), Saba (5), Sint Eustatius (5) and Sint Maarten (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 20 April 2007 to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. They were the last regular island council elections before the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010.
The election was won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union (5 seats) in Bonaire, the Party for the Restructured Antilles (7 seats) in Curaçao, the Windward Islands People's Movement (4 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (4 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (6 seats) in Sint Maarten.[1]
Results[edit]
Bonaire[edit]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonaire Patriotic Union | 3,664 | 51.22 | 5 | –1 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,855 | 39.91 | 4 | +1 | |
| PRO | 583 | 8.15 | 0 | – | |
| Alerta | 52 | 0.73 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 7,154 | 100.00 | 9 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 83.9 | ||||
| Source: The Bonaire Reporter[2] | |||||
Curaçao[edit]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party for the Restructured Antilles | 20,862 | 28.02 | 7 | +2 | |
| Partido MAN | 13,923 | 18.70 | 5 | +3 | |
| Workers' Liberation Front | 7,648 | 10.27 | 2 | –6 | |
| National People's Party | 7,558 | 10.15 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lista Niun Paso Atras | 6,304 | 8.47 | 2 | +1 | |
| Sovereign People | 5,494 | 7.38 | 1 | New | |
| Forsa Kòrsou | 4,932 | 6.63 | 1 | New | |
| Democratic Party | 3,813 | 5.12 | 1 | +1 | |
| Un Pueblo Nobo | 1,651 | 2.22 | 0 | New | |
| People's Crusade Labour Party | 1,227 | 1.65 | 0 | –3 | |
| Social Labour Movement | 1,032 | 1.39 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 74,444 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 74,444 | 99.37 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 469 | 0.63 | |||
| Total votes | 74,913 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 112,541 | 66.57 | |||
| Source: Hoofdstembureau Curaçao[3] | |||||
Saba[edit]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windward Islands People's Movement | 447 | 73.76 | 4 | +1 | |
| Saba Labour Party | 159 | 26.24 | 1 | +1 | |
| Total | 606 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 606 | 98.54 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 9 | 1.46 | |||
| Total votes | 615 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: The Daily Herald,[4] Saba Tourist Bureau[5] | |||||
Sint Eustatius[edit]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 625 | 55.36 | 4 | +1 | |
| Progressive Labour Party | 269 | 23.83 | 1 | –1 | |
| St. Eustatius Empowerment Party | 211 | 18.69 | 0 | New | |
| Cyril B. Tearr | 24 | 2.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,129 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 1,129 | 98.34 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 19 | 1.66 | |||
| Total votes | 1,148 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,517 | 75.68 | |||
| Source: The Daily Herald[6] | |||||
Sint Maarten[edit]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 6,635 | 49.48 | 6 | 0 | |
| National Alliance | 5,542 | 41.33 | 5 | +1 | |
| People's Progressive Alliance | 1,119 | 8.34 | 0 | –1 | |
| Democratic Labour Party | 69 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | |
| St. Maarten People's Believers Independent Movement | 25 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom Slate of the National Democratic Party | 20 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 13,410 | 100.00 | 11 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 19,151 | – | |||
| Source: IslandStudies.ca,[7] SXM Elections,[8] Governor of St. Maarten[9] | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Godett verliest fors op Curaçao". Trouw (in Dutch). 21 April 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Bonaire Island Elections 2007" (PDF). The Bonaire Reporter. 27 April – 4 May 2007. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Eilandsraadverkiezingen, 2007". Hoofdstembureau Curaçao (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Saba Voting Bureau ratifies election results". The Daily Herald. 27 April 2007. p. 10.
- ^ "Johnson and Zagers new commissioners". Saba Tourist Bureau. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ "DP and PLP both lose one vote in final count". The Daily Herald. 26 April 2007. p. 10.
- ^ "Sint Maarten (Saint Maarten)". IslandStudies.ca. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Election Year 2007 Results". SXM Elections. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Press statement: April 20, 2007 elections". governorsxm.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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