2003 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
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Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 9 May (Bonaire and Curaçao)[1] and 23 May 2003 (SSS islands)[2][3] 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 Workers' Liberation Front (8 seats) in Curaçao, the Windward Islands People's Movement (3 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (3 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (6 seats) in Sint Maarten.
All 51 seats in the island councils of Bonaire (9), Curaçao (21), Saba (5), Sint Eustatius (5) and Sint Maarten (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
Bonaire
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonaire Patriotic Union | 2,967 | 49.60 | 6 | +2 | |
| Bonaire Democratic Party | 1,725 | 28.84 | 3 | –1 | |
| PRO | 650 | 10.87 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bonaire Social Party | 420 | 7.02 | 0 | –1 | |
| Bonaire Workers' Party | 202 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | |
| PHH | 18 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 5,982 | 100.00 | 9 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,699 | – | |||
| Source: [4] | |||||
Curaçao
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers' Liberation Front | 22,745 | 33.86 | 8 | +4 | |
| Party for the Restructured Antilles | 13,710 | 20.41 | 5 | 0 | |
| People's Crusade Labour Party | 8,785 | 13.08 | 3 | –1 | |
| National People's Party | 7,153 | 10.65 | 2 | –3 | |
| New Antilles Movement | 6,274 | 9.34 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lista Niun Paso Atras | 3,819 | 5.69 | 1 | New | |
| Democratic Party | 2,519 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 | |
| Organisashon pa Restorashon di Un i Tur | 2,168 | 3.23 | 0 | –1 | |
| Total | 67,173 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 67,173 | 98.61 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 948 | 1.39 | |||
| Total votes | 68,121 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 109,629 | 62.14 | |||
| Source: [5][4] | |||||
Saba
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windward Islands People's Movement | 298 | 47.30 | 3 | –1 | |
| Saba United Democratic Party | 232 | 36.83 | 2 | New | |
| Saba Labour Party | 100 | 15.87 | 0 | –1 | |
| Total | 630 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | |
| Source: [4] | |||||
Sint Eustatius
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 471 | 42.51 | 3 | +1 | |
| Progressive Labour Party | 348 | 31.41 | 2 | New | |
| Sint Eustatius Alliance | 160 | 14.44 | 0 | –3 | |
| St. Eustatius Action Movement | 107 | 9.66 | 0 | 0 | |
| PNDP | 22 | 1.99 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,108 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | |
| Source: [4] | |||||
Sint Maarten
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 4,919 | 72.57 | 6 | –1 | |
| National Alliance | 4 | New | |||
| People's Progressive Alliance | 1,158 | 17.08 | 1 | New | |
| National Progressive Party | 378 | 5.58 | 0 | 0 | |
| Serious Alternative People's Party | 206 | 3.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| PPLP | 96 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Democratic Party | 21 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 6,778 | 100.00 | 11 | 0 | |
| Source: [4] | |||||