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1999 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
Island 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
Bonaire
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
124,572
56.64
–
–
Source: Hoofdstembureau Curaçao,[4] NRC Handelsblad[5]
Saba
Sint Eustatius
Sint Maarten
References
^ 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 .
^ "Omstreden arbeiderspartij wint verkiezingen Curaçao" . NU.nl (in Dutch). 10 May 2003. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021 .
^ "Winst democraten eilandraad Bonaire" . Het Parool (in Dutch). Delpher. 10 April 1995. p. 2. Retrieved 21 May 2021 .
^ "Eerdere verkiezingen" . Hoofdstembureau Curaçao (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015 .
^ Vries, Guido de (7 May 1999). "Curaçao naar de stembus: voor of tegen de premier" . NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 March 2021 . {{cite web }}
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^ "Saba" . FindRecord.ru . Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2021 .
^ Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. p. 194. ISBN 0913441325 .
^ Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. p. 195. ISBN 0913441325 .
^ "History of Sint Maarten" . CaribTourism.net . Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2021 .
^ 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 .
Local elections and referendums in the Netherlands Antilles