1999 Netherlands Antilles island council elections

Islands council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 7 May (Curaçao, Saba and Sint Eustatius) and 21 May 1999 (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

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]

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	124,572	56.64	–	–
Source: Hoofdstembureau Curaçao,^[3] NRC Handelsblad^[4]

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,^[5] Lynch & Lynch^[6]

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^[7]

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,^[8] Lynch & Lynch^[9]

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