2003 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
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Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 9 May (Bonaire and Curaçao)[1] and 23 May 2003 (SSS islands)[2][3] to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. The election was won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union (6 seats) in Bonaire, the Workers' Liberation Front (8 seats) in Curaçao, the Windward Islands People's Movement (3 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (3 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (6 seats) in Sint Maarten.
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
editBonaire
edit| Party | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonaire Patriotic Union | 6 | +2 | |
| Bonaire Democratic Party | 3 | –1 | |
| Other parties | 0 | –1 | |
| Total | 9 | 0 | |
| Source: NU.nl[4] | |||
Curaçao
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers' Liberation Front | 22,745 | 33.86 | 8 | +4 | |
| Party for the Restructured Antilles | 13,710 | 20.41 | 5 | 0 | |
| People's Crusade Labour Party | 8,785 | 13.08 | 3 | –1 | |
| National People's Party | 7,153 | 10.65 | 2 | –3 | |
| New Antilles Movement | 6,274 | 9.34 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lista Niun Paso Atras | 3,819 | 5.69 | 1 | New | |
| Democratic Party | 2,519 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 | |
| Organisashon pa Restorashon di Un i Tur | 2,168 | 3.23 | 0 | –1 | |
| Total | 67,173 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 67,173 | 98.61 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 948 | 1.39 | |||
| Total votes | 68,121 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 109,629 | 62.14 | |||
| Source: Hoofdstembureau Curaçao[5] | |||||
Saba
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windward Islands People's Movement | 298 | 47.30 | 3 | –1 | |
| Saba United Democratic Party | 232 | 36.83 | 2 | New | |
| Saba Labour Party | 100 | 15.87 | 0 | –1 | |
| Total | 630 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 707 | – | |||
| Source: The Daily Herald,[6] Saba Tourist Bureau[7] | |||||
Sint Eustatius
edit| Party | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 3 | +1 | |
| Progressive Labour Party | 2 | New | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | |
| Source: The Daily Herald,[8] Lynch & Lynch[9] | |||
Sint Maarten
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 4,919 | 48.38 | 6 | –1 | |
| National Alliance | 3,943 | 38.78 | 4 | New | |
| People's Progressive Alliance | 1,169 | 11.50 | 1 | New | |
| United People's Labor Party | 96 | 0.94 | 0 | New | |
| National Democratic Party | 41 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 10,168 | 100.00 | 11 | 0 | |
| Source: SXM Elections[10] | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Kiezers Curaçao en Bonaire naar de stembus". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 9 May 2003. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Pasterkamp, Riekelt (23 May 2003). "Godett: Pim Fortuyn van de Antillen". Reformatorisch Dagblad (in Dutch). Digibron. p. 5. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Island Council". governorsxm.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
Island council elections on St. Maarten were last held on May 23, 2003.
- ^ "Omstreden arbeiderspartij wint verkiezingen Curaçao". NU.nl (in Dutch). 10 May 2003. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Verkiezing Eilandsraad Curaçao 2003". Hoofdstembureau Curaçao (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "Main voting bureau Saba confirms count". The Daily Herald. Internet Archive. 6 June 2003. p. 6. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Election Results 2003". Saba Tourist Bureau. Archived from the original on 10 July 2003. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "DP and PLP both lose one vote in final count". The Daily Herald. 26 April 2007. p. 10.
- ^ Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. p. 195. ISBN 0913441325.
- ^ "Election Year 2003 Results". SXM Elections. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2021.