1955 Netherlands Antilles island council elections

Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles in 1955. They were the second elections for the Island Council.^[1]

Aruba

Three parties participated, which had participated in 1951: the Aruban Patriotic Party, Aruban People's Party and Aruba National Union (which had been two parties in the 1951 elections; UNA-I and UNA-II).


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Aruban Patriotic Party	9,627	66.79	15	+7
	Aruban People's Party	2,533	17.57	3	–5
	Aruba National Union	2,254	15.64	3	–2
Total		14,414	100.00	21	0

Valid votes		14,414	98.56
Invalid/blank votes		210	1.44
Total votes		14,624	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		16,480	88.74
Source: Hartog^[2]

The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won four of the five Island Council seats.^[3]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Party	365	66.97	4
	National People's Party	180	33.03	1
Total		545	100.00	5

Valid votes		545	97.15
Invalid/blank votes		16	2.85
Total votes		561	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		614	91.37
Source: Lynch & Lynch^[3]

^ "Politieke partijen en verkiezingen". Historia di Aruba (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
^ Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Antillen: Aruba, zoals het was, zoals het werd; van de tijd der Indianen tot op heden, p432
^ ^a ^b Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. pp. 38, 179. ISBN 0913441325.