Partido MAN
Political party in Curaçao
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Partido MAN is a political party in Curaçao founded in 1971,[1] which has two of the 21 seats of the Estates of Curaçao after the Curaçao general election of 2021.[2] In the elections preceding the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles the party gained two seats as well and joined the coalition government.[3]
MAN-PIN Party Partido MAN | |
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| Leader | Giselle McWilliam |
| Founder | Don Martina |
| Founded | 6 February 1971[1] |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Blue |
| Estates of Curaçao | 2 / 21
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| Website | |
| http://www.partidoman.org/ | |
Name
MAN originally stood for Movementu Antia Nobo (English: New Antilles Movement), but a party congress in 2005 decided to drop that meaning and let MAN be the name of the party in itself.
Netherlands Antilles
Don Martina, minister-president of the Netherlands Antilles from 1979 until 1984 and from 1986 to 1988, was MAN-related.[1]
At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 5.2% of the popular vote and no seats,[4] at the Netherlands Antilles general election of 2006, the party returned in the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles with 3 out of 14 seats of the Curaçao constituency in the 22 seat parliament.[5] In the last Netherlands Antilles general election in 2010, the party participated together with NPA and FK obtaining 5 seats.[6]
In the island council (Netherlands Antilles) of 2003 and 2007, the party obtained 2 and 5 seats respectively.[7][8] The two seats the party obtained in the 2010 island council elections continued as the Estates of Curaçao on 10 October 2010.
Election results
| Election | Leader | Seats | +/– | Votes | % | Position | Government |
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| 1971 | 1 / 21 |
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| 1979 | 6 / 21 |
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| 1983 | 8 / 21 |
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| 1987 | 6 / 21 |
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| 1991 | 3 / 21 |
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| 1995 | 6 / 21 |
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| 1999 | 2 / 21 |
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| 2003 | Charles Cooper | 2 / 21 |
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6,274 | 9.34 | ||
| 2007 | 5 / 21 |
 3 |
13,923 | 18.7 | |||
| 2010 | Eunice Eisden | 2 / 21 |
 3 |
6.531 | 8.8 | 4th |
Coalition |
| 2012 | Charles Cooper | 2 / 21 |
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8,294 | 9.5 | 5th |
Opposition |
| 2016 | Hensley Koeiman | 4 / 21 |
2 |
12,839 | 16.23 | 1st |
Coalition |
| 2017 | 5 / 21 |
1 |
16,070 | 20.4 | 2nd |
Coalition | |
| 2021 | Steven Martina | 2 / 21 |
3 |
5,456 | 6.43 | 4th |
Opposition |
| 2025[a] | Giselle McWilliam | 2 / 21 |
0 |
6,378 | 8.46 | 4th |
Opposition |
- Run in a joint list with Partido Inovashon Nashonal.