A status referendum was held in Curaçao on 15 May 2009. The referendum was on whether to accept the proposed agreement on becoming an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands as part of the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. It was approved by 51.99% of voters.[1]
2009 Curaçao status referendum|
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Choice
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Votes
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%
|
 Yes
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41,433
|
51.99%
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 No
|
38,261
|
48.01%
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| Valid votes
|
79,694
|
99.97%
|
| Invalid or blank votes
|
26
|
0.03%
|
| Total votes
|
79,720
|
100.00%
|
| Registered voters/turnout
|
118,827
|
67.09%
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| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|
| For | 41,433 | 51.99 |
| Against | 38,261 | 48.01 |
| Total | 79,694 | 100.00 |
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| Valid votes | 79,694 | 99.97 |
|---|
| Invalid/blank votes | 26 | 0.03 |
|---|
| Total votes | 79,720 | 100.00 |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 118,827 | 67.09 |
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| Source: Direct Democracy |
