Politics of Sint Maarten

A status referendum was held on the island of Sint Maarten in October 1994. The referendum was the result of a discussion about the future of the Netherlands Antilles, following the secession of Aruba in 1986. While most politicians, including the government of the Netherlands Antilles and the island government campaigned in favour of secession of Sint Maarten to make it form a country of its own within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the option of retaining and restructuring the Netherlands Antilles came out in favour. This resulted in the rise of the Party for the Restructured Antilles.[1]

Result

ChoiceVotes%
Option A: Sint Maarten remaining part of the Netherlands Antilles4,69759.70
Option B: Sint Maarten becoming a self governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands2,60633.12
Option C: Sint Maarten integrating into the Netherlands720.92
Option D: Sint Maarten becoming an independent country4936.27
Total7,868100.00
Valid votes7,86898.72
Invalid/blank votes1021.28
Total votes7,970100.00
Registered voters/turnout12,23265.16
Source: Country Sint Maarten, The Daily Herald

See also

References

  1. ^ G. Oostindie (1998) Het paradijs overzee: De 'Nederlandse' Caraïben en Nederland, pp171–172, 339


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