2007 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
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Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 20 April 2007 to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. They were the last regular island council elections before the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010.
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20 April 2007
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The election was won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union (5 seats) in Bonaire, the Party for the Restructured Antilles (7 seats) in Curaçao, the Windward Islands People's Movement (4 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (4 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (6 seats) in Sint Maarten.[1]
Results
Bonaire
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonaire Patriotic Union | 3,664 | 51.22 | 5 | –1 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,855 | 39.91 | 4 | +1 | |
| PRO | 583 | 8.15 | 0 | – | |
| Alerta | 52 | 0.73 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 7,154 | 100.00 | 9 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 83.9 | ||||
| Source: The Bonaire Reporter[2] | |||||
Curaçao
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party for the Restructured Antilles | 20,862 | 28.02 | 7 | +2 | |
| Partido MAN | 13,923 | 18.70 | 5 | +3 | |
| Workers' Liberation Front | 7,648 | 10.27 | 2 | –6 | |
| National People's Party | 7,558 | 10.15 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lista Niun Paso Atras | 6,304 | 8.47 | 2 | +1 | |
| Sovereign People | 5,494 | 7.38 | 1 | New | |
| Forsa Kòrsou | 4,932 | 6.63 | 1 | New | |
| Democratic Party | 3,813 | 5.12 | 1 | +1 | |
| Un Pueblo Nobo | 1,651 | 2.22 | 0 | New | |
| People's Crusade Labour Party | 1,227 | 1.65 | 0 | –3 | |
| Social Labour Movement | 1,032 | 1.39 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 74,444 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 74,444 | 99.37 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 469 | 0.63 | |||
| Total votes | 74,913 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 112,541 | 66.57 | |||
| Source: Hoofdstembureau Curaçao[3] | |||||
Saba
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windward Islands People's Movement | 447 | 73.76 | 4 | +1 | |
| Saba Labour Party | 159 | 26.24 | 1 | +1 | |
| Total | 606 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 606 | 98.54 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 9 | 1.46 | |||
| Total votes | 615 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: The Daily Herald,[4] Saba Tourist Bureau[5] | |||||
Sint Eustatius
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 625 | 55.36 | 4 | +1 | |
| Progressive Labour Party | 269 | 23.83 | 1 | –1 | |
| St. Eustatius Empowerment Party | 211 | 18.69 | 0 | New | |
| Cyril B. Tearr[citation needed] | 24 | 2.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,129 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 1,129 | 98.34 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 19 | 1.66 | |||
| Total votes | 1,148 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,517 | 75.68 | |||
| Source: The Daily Herald[6] | |||||
Sint Maarten
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 6,635 | 49.48 | 6 | 0 | |
| National Alliance | 5,542 | 41.33 | 5 | +1 | |
| People's Progressive Alliance | 1,119 | 8.34 | 0 | –1 | |
| Democratic Labour Party | 69 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | |
| St. Maarten People's Believers Independent Movement | 25 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom Slate of the National Democratic Party | 20 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 13,410 | 100.00 | 11 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 19,151 | – | |||
| Source: IslandStudies.ca,[7] SXM Elections,[8] Governor of St. Maarten[9] | |||||