1991 Netherlands Antilles island council elections

1991 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
12 April 1991
All 49 seats in the island councils of Bonaire (9), Curaçao (21),
Saba (5), Sint Eustatius (5) and Sint Maarten (9)

Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 12 April 1991 to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. The election was won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union (6 seats) in Bonaire, the National People's Party (10 seats) in Curaçao, the Windward Islands People's Movement (4 seats) in Saba, and the Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance (4 seats) in Sint Maarten.

Results

Bonaire

PartyVotes%Seats
Bonaire Patriotic Union2,76352.186
Bonaire Social Party1,08020.402
Bonaire Democratic Party80915.281
Bonaire Workers' Party4879.200
Caribbean Alliance for Solidarity1562.950
Total5,295100.009
Source: [1]

Curaçao

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National People's Party33,15247.0210+2
Workers' Liberation Front–Soshal Independiente16,59223.535+2
New Antilles Movement10,36014.693–3
Democratic Party6,6249.392–2
Nos Patria3,7805.361New
Total70,508100.0021–
Source: [1]

Saba

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Windward Islands People's Movement43872.044+2
Saba Democratic Labour Movement17027.961–2
Total608100.005–
Source: [1]

Sint Eustatius

PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic Party49157.903
Sint Eustatius Alliance35742.102
Total848100.005
Source: [1]

Sint Maarten

The Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance (SPA) led by Vance James Jr. emerged as the largest party, winning 4 of the 9 seats. The SPA and the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) agreed to form a coalition government. On 28 August 1991 the SPA–PDP government collapsed. PDP political leader Millicent Acuna Lopez-de Weever said that "fundamental philosophical differences" with the SPA caused the coalition "to break".

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance3,45739.904+2
Democratic Party2,87333.163–4
Progressive Democratic Party1,74520.142New
National Reformation Party4385.050New
United Democratic Party690.800New
Antillean National Movement360.420New
People's Electoral Movement280.320New
Partido Pro Penshonado190.220New
Total8,665100.009–
Source: [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Statistical Yearbook Netherlands Antilles 1991". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. p. 23-24.
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