2020 Sint Eustatius general election

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2020 Sint Eustatius Island Council election
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5 seats to the Island council
  First party Second party
 
PLP
DP
Leader Rechelline Leerdam Adelka Spanner
Party Democratic Party
Leader since 19 July 2020 13 August 2013
Last election 2 seats, 30.44% 2 seats, 29.94%
Seats before 2 2
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 815 647
Percentage 51.39% 40.79%
Leader of Government[1] before election

Clyde van Putten[2]

 Elected Leader of Government[1]

TBD

Politics of Sint Eustatius
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Island Council elections were held in Sint Eustatius on 21 October 2020. Sint Eustatius is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands.[3]

The elections were originally to be held on 20 March 2019, but were postponed due to administrative intervention by the Dutch government.[4]  On 23 September 2019, a new election date was announced.[5]

Since 2015, foreign nationals also have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate if they are 18 years of age, reside lawfully on Bonaire, Sint Eustatius or Saba on the day of nomination, and have been a resident of the Netherlands or legally resided there immediately prior to that day for an uninterrupted period of at least five years.

Schedule[]

The timetable for these elections is as follows:[6]

Date action
29 July 2020 Last day for batch registration
7 September 2020 Day of nomination
21 October 2020 Day of voting
23 October 2020 Announcement of the final result

Contesting parties[]

Party Position Ideology Leader

(since)

Last election At dissolution Contesting
Centre-left Rechelline Leerdam[7]

(July 2020)

2 / 5 (40%)
2 / 5 (40%)
 Yes
Democratic Party Centre[8] Christian democracy Adelka Spanner

(August 2013)[9]

2 / 5 (40%)
2 / 5 (40%)
 Yes
Centre Elvin Henriquez[10]

(July 2020)[10]

1 / 5 (20%)
0 / 5 (0%)
 Yes

Incumbent legislature[]

In the 2015 elections, the Progressive Labour Party and Democratic Party won two seats each, with the United People's Coalition taking one seat. Turnout was 65.46%, with 1,594 out of 2,135 eligible voters taking part. There were 6 blank ballots and 8 invalid ballots. The incumbent coalition was between the PLP and UPC.

Incumbent Council Members[11]
# 2015 election
Island Council Member[12][13] Votes
1 Clyde van Putten 251
2 Adelka Spanner 150
3 Koos Sneek 135
4 Reginald Zaandam 67
5 Astrid McKenzie-Tatem 58

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Progressive Labour Party81551.393+1
Democratic Party64740.7920
United People's Coalition1247.820–1
Total1,586100.0050
Valid votes1,58698.14
Invalid/blank votes301.86
Total votes1,616100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,10276.88

References[]

  1. ^ "Clyde van Putten: Voter is Always Right". BES Reporter. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Clyde van Putten: Voter is Always Right". BES Reporter. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Wet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba (Law on the public bodies of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba)". Dutch Government (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  4. ^ Verkiezingen St Eustatius van de baan Antilliaans Dagblad, 15 November 2018
  5. ^ "Sint-Eustatius in 2020 naar stembus, Nederlandse regering blijft voorlopig besturen". NTR Caribisch Netwerk. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  6. ^ van Rij, Marnix (15 June 2020). "Information Bulletin of the Public Entity of St. Eustatius- Island Council Election October 21, 2020 - Publication - St. Eustatius". www.statiagovernment.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  7. ^ "PLP (Statia) Elects Rechelline Leerdam as New Party Leader". BES Reporter. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Democratic Party of Sint Eustatius". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Adelka Spanner nieuwe DP-leider". Caribisch Netwerk (in Dutch). 13 August 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Elvin Henriquez to lead UPC into Upcoming Election". BES Reporter. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Island, Executive Councils Take Oath of Office in Statia" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  12. ^ "The Daily Herald". thedailyherald.info. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Elections Concluded on Bes Islands | SXMElections.com". beta.sxmelections.com. Retrieved 7 September 2020.


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