1975 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
(Redirected from 1975 Saban general election)
Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles in 1975. They were the seventh elections for the Island Council.[1]
Aruba
editResults
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Electoral Movement | 18,374 | 59.54 | 13 | +6 | |
| Aruban Patriotic Party | 10,741 | 34.81 | 7 | –4 | |
| Aruban People's Party | 1,743 | 5.65 | 1 | –2 | |
| Total | 30,858 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 | |
| Source: Official Newsletter, Statistical Yearbook | |||||
Saba
edit | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
5 seats in the Island Council 3 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||
General elections were held in Saba in 1975. The result was a victory for the Windward Islands People's Movement, which won four of the five seats in the Island Council.[2][3]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windward Islands People's Movement | 421 | 73.09 | 4 | +1 | |
| Democratic Party | 155 | 26.91 | 1 | –1 | |
| Total | 576 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | |
| Source: Johnson[2] | |||||
Sint Maarten
editGeneral elections were held in Sint Maarten on 9 May 1975 to elect the 5 members of the Island Council. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won all five Island Council seats.[4]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 2,081 | 5 | +1 | ||
| United Federation of the Antilles | 378 | 0 | New | ||
| Windward Islands People's Movement | 362 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antillean Labor Movement | 168 | 0 | New | ||
| IPPP | 98 | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | |||
| Source: Lynch & Lynch[4] | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Politieke partijen en verkiezingen". Historia di Aruba (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ a b Will, Johnson (2006). Dreaming big. Alkmaar: Falstaff Media. pp. 65–67, 171–172. ISBN 9077751327.
- ^ "Nederlaag voor DP op Saba volledig". Amigoe di Curacao (in Dutch). 10 May 1975. p. 4.
- ^ a b Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. pp. 41, 183. ISBN 0913441325.