January 2024 Sint Maarten general election

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January 2024 Sint Maarten general election
Sint Maarten
 2020
11 January 2024

All 15 seats in Parliament
8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.51% (Increase 5.95pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
NA Silveria Jacobs 23.92 4 −2
UPP Rolando Brison 19.48 3 −1
URSM Luc Mercelina 14.04 2 New
DP Sarah Wescot-Williams 13.64 2 +1
PFP [nl] Melissa Gumbs 11.89 2 0
NOW Christophe Emmanuel 10.25 2 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Silveria Jacobs
NA
Luc Mercelina
USRM

General elections were held in Sint Maarten on 11 January 2024.[1][2][3]

The 15 seats in the Estates were elected by proportional representation.[4] In order to participate in the election, new parties and parties without a seat in parliament were required to obtain at least 134 signatures; 1% of the valid votes of the 2020 general elections.[5]

Results

Preliminary results were released at the end of the night of the election, with official results announced by the Central Voting Bureau on 18 January.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Alliance3,45523.924–2
United People's Party2,81419.483–1
Unified Resilient St. Maarten Movement2,02814.042New
Democratic Party1,97013.642+1[a]
Party for Progress [nl]1,71711.8920
Nation Opportunity Wealth1,48110.252New
United St. Maarten Party6864.750–2
Empire Culture Empowerment Association2922.020New
Total14,443100.00150
Valid votes14,44397.75
Invalid votes3322.25
Blank votes00.00
Total votes14,775100.00
Registered voters/turnout22,55365.51
Source: Government of Sint Maarten[6]

Aftermath

Notes

References

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