1995 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
1995 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
7 April and 12 May 1995
All 51 seats in the island councils of Bonaire (9), Curaçao (21),
Saba (5), Sint Eustatius (5) and Sint Maarten (11)

Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 7 April (Bonaire and Sint Maarten)[1] and 12 May 1995 (Curaçao, Saba and Sint Eustatius)[2] to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. The election was won by the Bonaire Democratic Party (5 seats) in Bonaire, the Party for the Restructured Antilles (8 seats) in Curaçao, the Saba Democratic Labour Movement (3 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (3 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (7 seats) in Sint Maarten.

Results

Bonaire

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Bonaire Democratic Party2,78447.975+4
Bonaire Patriotic Union1,51726.142–4
Bonaire Social Party1,16019.9920
Bonaire Workers' Party1412.4300
ASP1182.0300
DDP841.4500
Total5,804100.0090
Source: [3]

Curaçao

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Party for the Restructured Antilles24,08033.938New
New Antilles Movement19,77427.866+3
National People's Party11,90316.774–6
Workers' Liberation Front6,8229.612–3
Democratic Party5,0067.051–1
Soshal Independiente1,7732.5000
Nos Patria1,6192.280–1
Total70,977100.00210
Source: [3]

Saba

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Saba Democratic Labour Movement34654.403+2
Windward Islands People's Movement29045.602–2
Total636100.0050
Source: [3]

Sint Eustatius

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Party54757.9430
Sint Eustatius Alliance39742.0620
Total944100.0050
Source: [3]

Sint Maarten

The Democratic Party and the Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance both won five seats, with the other seat in the 11-seat island council going to the Serious Alternative People's Party. The DP and SAPP agreed to form a coalition government.[4]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Party4,32445.815+2
Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance4,17844.265+1
Serious Alternative People's Party8619.121New
Progressive Labour Movement760.810New
Total9,439100.0011+2
Source: [3]

References

  1. ^ "Winst democraten eilandraad Bonaire". Het Parool (in Dutch). Delpher. 10 April 1995. p. 2. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Partij Pourier ook op Curaçao aan de macht". Reformatorisch Dagblad. Digibron. 15 May 1995. p. 3. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Statistical Yearbook Netherlands Antilles 1995". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. p. 31.
  4. ^ "History of Sint Maarten". CaribTourism.net. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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