January 2024 Sint Maarten general election
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11 January 2024
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| Turnout | 65.51% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| National Alliance | 3,455 | 23.92 | 4 | –2 | |
| United People's Party | 2,814 | 19.48 | 3 | –1 | |
| Unified Resilient St. Maarten Movement | 2,028 | 14.04 | 2 | New | |
| Democratic Party | 1,970 | 13.64 | 2 | +1[a] | |
| Party for Progress | 1,717 | 11.89 | 2 | 0 | |
| Nation Opportunity Wealth | 1,481 | 10.25 | 2 | New | |
| United St. Maarten Party | 686 | 4.75 | 0 | –2 | |
| Empire Culture Empowerment Association | 292 | 2.02 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 14,443 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 14,443 | 97.75 | |||
| Invalid votes | 332 | 2.25 | |||
| Blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Total votes | 14,775 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 22,553 | 65.51 | |||
| Source: Government of Sint Maarten[6] | |||||