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{{Infobox election
'''Island council elections''' were held in the [[Netherlands Antilles]] in 1999. These include:
| election_name = {{nowrap|2003 Netherlands Antilles island council elections}}
| country = Netherlands Antilles
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1995 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
| previous_year = 1995
| next_election = 2003 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
| next_year = 2003
| seats_for_election= All 51 seats in the [[Island council (Netherlands Antilles)|island councils]] of [[Bonaire]] (9), [[Curaçao]] (21), <br> [[Saba]] (5), [[Sint Eustatius]] (5) and [[Sint Maarten]] (11)
| election_date = 7 May 1999 <br> 21 May 1999 ([[Sint Maarten|SX]])
| turnout =
}}


'''Islands council elections''' were held in the [[Netherlands Antilles]] on 7 May ([[Curaçao]], [[Saba]] and [[Sint Eustatius]]) and 21 May 2003 ([[Sint Maarten]]) to elect the members of the [[Island council (Netherlands Antilles)|island councils]] of its five [[Island territories of the Netherlands Antilles|island territories]]. The election was won by the [[Party for the Restructured Antilles]] (5 seats) in Curaçao, the [[Windward Islands People's Movement]] (4 seats) in Saba, the [[Sint Eustatius Alliance]] (3 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the [[Democratic Party Sint Maarten|Democratic Party]] (7 seats) in Sint Maarten.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vries|first=Guido de|date=10 May 1999|title=Curaçao kiest voor een zachte hand|url=http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Nieuws/1999/05/10/Vp/05.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007135247/http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Nieuws/1999/05/10/Vp/05.html|archive-date=7 October 2014|access-date=4 March 2021|website=NRC Handelsblad}}</ref>
* [[1999 Curaçao general election]]
* [[1999 Saban general election]]
* [[1999 Sint Eustatius general election]]
* [[1999 Sint Maarten general election]]


== Results ==
{{SIA}}
=== Bonaire ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
| align="left" |[[Bonaire Patriotic Union]]
|{{Data missing|?|date=March 2021}}
|{{Data missing|?|date=March 2021}}
|4
|
|-
| align="left" |[[Bonaire Democratic Party]]
|{{Data missing|?|date=March 2021}}
|{{Data missing|?|date=March 2021}}
|4
|
|-
| align="left" |''Other parties''
|{{Data missing|?|date=March 2021}}
|{{Data missing|?|date=March 2021}}
|1
|
|-
| align="left" |Invalid/blank votes
|
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |'''Total'''
|
|'''100'''
|'''9'''
|'''0'''
|-
| align="left" |Registered voters/turnout
|
|
|–
|–
|-
| colspan="5" align="left" |Source: NU.nl<ref>{{cite web|date=10 May 2003|title=Omstreden arbeiderspartij wint verkiezingen Curaçao|url=https://www.nu.nl/algemeen/145164/omstreden-arbeiderspartij-wint-verkiezingen-curaao.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.is/7ZJuL|archive-date=3 March 2021|access-date=3 March 2021|website=NU.nl|language=nl-NL}}</ref>
|}

=== Curaçao ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
| align="left" |[[Party for the Restructured Antilles]] (PAR)
|15,948
|22.60
|5
|–3
|-
| align="left" |[[National People's Party (Curaçao)|National People's Party]] (PNP)
|15,616
|22.13
|5
| +1
|-
| align="left" |[[Workers' Liberation Front (Curaçao)|Workers' Liberation Front]] (FOL)
|12,631
|17.90
|4
| +2
|-
| align="left" |[[People's Crusade Labour Party]] (PLKP)
|11,938
|16.92
|4
|New
|-
| align="left" |[[Partido MAN|New Antilles Movement]] (MAN)
|6,851
|9.71
|2
|–4
|-
| align="left" |[[Organisashon pa Restorashon di Un i Tur]] (ORDU)
|3,739
|5.30
|1
|New
|-
| align="left" |[[Democratic Party (Curaçao)|Democratic Party]] (DP)
|2,931
|4.15
|0
|–1
|-
| align="left" |[[Nos Patria]] (NP)
|909
|1.29
|0
|0
|-
| align="left" |Invalid/blank votes
|
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |'''Total'''
|'''70,563'''
|'''100'''
|'''21'''
|'''0'''
|-
| align="left" |Registered voters/turnout
|
|
|–
|–
|-
| colspan="5" align="left" |Source: Hoofdstembureau Curaçao<ref>{{cite web|title=Eerdere verkiezingen|url=http://www.kse.cw/eerdere.html|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811030859/http://www.kse.cw/eerdere.html|archivedate=11 August 2014|accessdate=8 February 2015|website=Hoofdstembureau Curaçao|language=nl}}</ref>
|}

=== Saba ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
| align="left" |[[Windward Islands People's Movement]]
|400
|70.67
|4
| +2
|-
| align="left" |[[Saba Labour Party]]
|126
|22.26
|1
|New
|-
| align="left" |[[Democratic Party of Saba]]
|40
|7.07
|0
|0
|-
| align="left" |Invalid/blank votes
|
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |'''Total'''
|'''566'''
|'''100'''
|'''5'''
|'''0'''
|-
| align="left" |Registered voters/turnout
|
|
|–
|–
|-
| colspan="5" align="left" |Source: FindRecord.ru,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saba|url=http://findrecord.ru/nl/saba/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224624/http://findrecord.ru/nl/saba/|archive-date=3 March 2016|access-date=4 March 2021|website=FindRecord.ru}}</ref> Lynch & Lynch<ref name="Lynch">{{cite book|last1=Lynch|first1=Edgar H.|title=Know Your Political History|last2=Lynch|first2=Julian C.|date=1999|publisher=House of Nehesi Publ.|isbn=0913441325|edition=Rev.|location=Philipsburg, St. Martin|pages=194}}</ref>
|}

=== Sint Eustatius ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
| align="left" |[[Sint Eustatius Alliance]]
|541
|49.50
|3
| +1
|-
| align="left" |[[Democratic Party (Sint Eustatius)|Democratic Party]]
|452
|41.35
|2
|–1
|-
| align="left" |[[St. Eustatius Action Movement]]
|100
|9.15
|0
|0
|-
| align="left" |Invalid/blank votes
|
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |'''Total'''
|'''1,093'''
|'''100'''
|'''5'''
|'''0'''
|-
| align="left" |Registered voters/turnout
|
|
|–
|–
|-
| colspan="5" align="left" |Source: Lynch & Lynch<ref name="Lynch2">{{cite book|last1=Lynch|first1=Edgar H.|title=Know Your Political History|last2=Lynch|first2=Julian C.|date=1999|publisher=House of Nehesi Publ.|isbn=0913441325|edition=Rev.|location=Philipsburg, St. Martin|pages=195}}</ref>
|}

=== Sint Maarten ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
| align="left" |[[Democratic Party Sint Maarten|Democratic Party]]
|5,601
|54.42
|7
| +2
|-
| align="left" |[[Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance]]
|2,862
|27.81
|3
|–2
|-
| align="left" |[[National Progressive Party (Sint Maarten)|National Progressive Party]]
|1,259
|1,259
|1
|New
|-
| align="left" |[[Serious Alternative People's Party]]
|423
|4.11
|0
|–1
|-
| align="left" |[[Decision 1999]]
|76
|0.74
|0
|New
|-
| align="left" |[[PRLP (Sint Maarten)|PRLP]]
|64
|0.62
|0
|New
|-
| align="left" |[[National Democratic Party (Sint Maarten)|St. Maarten Liberation Movement]]
|7
|0.07
|0
|New
|-
| align="left" |Invalid/blank votes
|
|–
|–
|–
|-
| align="left" |'''Total'''
|'''10,292'''
|'''100'''
|'''11'''
|'''0'''
|-
| align="left" |Registered voters/turnout
|
|
|–
|–
|-
| colspan="5" align="left" |Source: CaribTourism.net,<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Sint Maarten|url=http://caribtourism.net/sint-maarten/history/1355.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812203809/http://caribtourism.net/sint-maarten/history/1355.html|archive-date=12 August 2014|access-date=4 March 2021|website=CaribTourism.net}}</ref> Lynch & Lynch<ref name="Lynch3">{{cite book|last1=Lynch|first1=Edgar H.|title=Know Your Political History|last2=Lynch|first2=Julian C.|date=1999|publisher=House of Nehesi Publ.|isbn=0913441325|edition=Rev.|location=Philipsburg, St. Martin|pages=191-193}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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Revision as of 16:58, 4 March 2021

2003 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
← 1995 7 May 1999
21 May 1999 (SX)		 2003 →
All 51 seats in the island councils of Bonaire (9), Curaçao (21),
Saba (5), Sint Eustatius (5) and Sint Maarten (11)

Islands council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 7 May (Curaçao, Saba and Sint Eustatius) and 21 May 2003 (Sint Maarten) to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. The election was won by the Party for the Restructured Antilles (5 seats) in Curaçao, the Windward Islands People's Movement (4 seats) in Saba, the Sint Eustatius Alliance (3 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (7 seats) in Sint Maarten.[1]

Results

Bonaire

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Bonaire Patriotic Union [?] [?] 4
Bonaire Democratic Party [?] [?] 4
Other parties [?] [?] 1
Invalid/blank votes – – –
Total 100 9 0
Registered voters/turnout – –
Source: NU.nl[2]

Curaçao

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Party for the Restructured Antilles (PAR) 15,948 22.60 5 –3
National People's Party (PNP) 15,616 22.13 5 +1
Workers' Liberation Front (FOL) 12,631 17.90 4 +2
People's Crusade Labour Party (PLKP) 11,938 16.92 4 New
New Antilles Movement (MAN) 6,851 9.71 2 –4
Organisashon pa Restorashon di Un i Tur (ORDU) 3,739 5.30 1 New
Democratic Party (DP) 2,931 4.15 0 –1
Nos Patria (NP) 909 1.29 0 0
Invalid/blank votes – – –
Total 70,563 100 21 0
Registered voters/turnout – –
Source: Hoofdstembureau Curaçao[3]

Saba

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Windward Islands People's Movement 400 70.67 4 +2
Saba Labour Party 126 22.26 1 New
Democratic Party of Saba 40 7.07 0 0
Invalid/blank votes – – –
Total 566 100 5 0
Registered voters/turnout – –
Source: FindRecord.ru,[4] Lynch & Lynch[5]

Sint Eustatius

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Sint Eustatius Alliance 541 49.50 3 +1
Democratic Party 452 41.35 2 –1
St. Eustatius Action Movement 100 9.15 0 0
Invalid/blank votes – – –
Total 1,093 100 5 0
Registered voters/turnout – –
Source: Lynch & Lynch[6]

Sint Maarten

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Party 5,601 54.42 7 +2
Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance 2,862 27.81 3 –2
National Progressive Party 1,259 1,259 1 New
Serious Alternative People's Party 423 4.11 0 –1
Decision 1999 76 0.74 0 New
PRLP 64 0.62 0 New
St. Maarten Liberation Movement 7 0.07 0 New
Invalid/blank votes – – –
Total 10,292 100 11 0
Registered voters/turnout – –
Source: CaribTourism.net,[7] Lynch & Lynch[8]

References

  1. ^ Vries, Guido de (10 May 1999). "Curaçao kiest voor een zachte hand". NRC Handelsblad. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Omstreden arbeiderspartij wint verkiezingen Curaçao". NU.nl (in Dutch). 10 May 2003. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Eerdere verkiezingen". Hoofdstembureau Curaçao (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Saba". FindRecord.ru. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. ^ Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. p. 194. ISBN 0913441325.
  6. ^ Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. p. 195. ISBN 0913441325.
  7. ^ "History of Sint Maarten". CaribTourism.net. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  8. ^ Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. pp. 191–193. ISBN 0913441325.
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