1987 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
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All 49 seats in the island councils of Bonaire (9), Curaçao (21), Saba (5), Sint Eustatius (5) and Sint Maarten (9) | ||
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Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 10 April (Bonaire and Curaçao) and 22 May 1987 (SSS islands) to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. The election was won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union– list (5 seats) in Bonaire, the National People's Party (8 seats) in Curaçao, the (3 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (3 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (7 seats) in Sint Maarten.
Results[]
Bonaire[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Bonaire Patriotic Union– | 2,994 | 54.81 | 5 | |
Bonaire Democratic Party | 2,190 | 40.09 | 4 | |
New Action Party | 279 | 5.11 | 0 | |
Total | 5,463 | 100.00 | 9 | |
Source: Statstical Yearbook of the Netherlands Antilles |
Curaçao[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National People's Party | 26,090 | 36.64 | 8 | +1 | |
New Antilles Movement | 18,141 | 25.48 | 6 | –2 | |
Democratic Party | 13,879 | 19.49 | 4 | –1 | |
6,953 | 9.76 | 2 | New | ||
Workers' Liberation Front | 5,386 | 7.56 | 1 | 0 | |
Nos Pais | 761 | 1.07 | 0 | New | |
Total | 71,210 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 111,408 | – | |||
Source: Statstical Yearbook of the Netherlands Antilles |
Saba[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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328 | 51.01 | 3 | New | ||
Windward Islands People's Movement | 266 | 41.37 | 2 | –2 | |
Saba True Labour Party | 49 | 7.62 | 0 | New | |
Total | 643 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | |
Source: Statstical Yearbook of the Netherlands Antilles |
Sint Eustatius[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Democratic Party | 445 | 52.91 | 3 | 0 | |
Windward Islands People's Movement | 311 | 36.98 | 2 | 0 | |
SRP | 85 | 10.11 | 0 | – | |
Total | 841 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | |
Source: Statstical Yearbook of the Netherlands Antilles |
Sint Maarten[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Democratic Party | 5,036 | 74.19 | 7 | +2 | |
Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance– | 1,752 | 25.81 | 2 | New | |
Total | 6,788 | 100.00 | 9 | +2 | |
Valid votes | 6,788 | 98.62 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 95 | 1.38 | |||
Total votes | 6,883 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,883 | 100.00 | |||
Source: Statstical Yearbook of the Netherlands Antilles, Amigoe,[1] Lynch & Lynch[2] |
References[]
- ^ "Weinig verrassende uitslagen in verkiezingen Bovenwinden". Amigoe (in Dutch). Delpher. 23 May 1987. p. 1. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. pp. 43, 186. ISBN 0913441325.
Categories:
- 1987 elections in the Caribbean
- 1987 in the Netherlands Antilles
- April 1987 events in North America
- May 1987 events in North America
- Elections in the Netherlands Antilles
- Elections in Bonaire
- Elections in Curaçao
- Elections in Saba
- Elections in Sint Eustatius
- Elections in Sint Maarten