2007 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
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All 51 seats in the island councils of Bonaire (9), Curaçao (21),
Saba (5), Sint Eustatius (5) and Sint Maarten (11)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Bonaire Elected in Bonaire
UPB Ramonsito Booi 51.22 5 −1
ADB Jopie Abraham 39.91 4 +1
Curaçao Elected in Curaçao
PAR Emily de Jongh-Elhage 28.02 7 +2
MAN Charles Cooper 18.70 5 +3
FOL Anthony Godett 10.27 2 −6
PNP Ersilia de Lannooy 10.15 2 0
LNPA Nelson Pierre 8.47 2 +1
PS Helmin Wiels 7.38 1 New
FK Nelson Navarro 6.63 1 New
DP Norbert George 5.12 1 +1
Saba (island) Elected in Saba
WIPM Ray Hassell 73.76 4 +1
SLP Akilah Levenstone 26.24 1 +1
Sint Eustatius Elected in Sint Eustatius
DP Julian Woodley 55.36 4 +1
PLP Clyde van Putten 23.83 1 −1
Sint Maarten Elected in Sint Maarten
DP Sarah Wescot-Williams 49.48 6 0
NA William Marlin 41.33 5 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 20 April 2007 to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. They were the last regular island council elections before the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010.

The election was won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union (5 seats) in Bonaire, the Party for the Restructured Antilles (7 seats) in Curaçao, the Windward Islands People's Movement (4 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (4 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (6 seats) in Sint Maarten.[1]

Results

Bonaire

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Bonaire Patriotic Union3,66451.225–1
Democratic Alliance2,85539.914+1
PRO5838.150–
Alerta520.730–
Total7,154100.0090
Registered voters/turnout83.9
Source: The Bonaire Reporter[2]

Curaçao

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Party for the Restructured Antilles20,86228.027+2
Partido MAN13,92318.705+3
Workers' Liberation Front7,64810.272–6
National People's Party7,55810.1520
Lista Niun Paso Atras6,3048.472+1
Sovereign People5,4947.381New
Forsa Kòrsou4,9326.631New
Democratic Party3,8135.121+1
Un Pueblo Nobo1,6512.220New
People's Crusade Labour Party1,2271.650–3
Social Labour Movement1,0321.390New
Total74,444100.00210
Valid votes74,44499.37
Invalid/blank votes4690.63
Total votes74,913100.00
Registered voters/turnout112,54166.57
Source: Hoofdstembureau Curaçao[3]

Saba

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Windward Islands People's Movement44773.764+1
Saba Labour Party15926.241+1
Total606100.0050
Valid votes60698.54
Invalid/blank votes91.46
Total votes615100.00
Source: The Daily Herald,[4] Saba Tourist Bureau[5]

Sint Eustatius

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Party62555.364+1
Progressive Labour Party26923.831–1
St. Eustatius Empowerment Party21118.690New
Cyril B. Tearr242.1300
Total1,129100.0050
Valid votes1,12998.34
Invalid/blank votes191.66
Total votes1,148100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,51775.68
Source: The Daily Herald[6]

Sint Maarten

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Party6,63549.4860
National Alliance5,54241.335+1
People's Progressive Alliance1,1198.340–1
Democratic Labour Party690.5100
St. Maarten People's Believers Independent Movement250.1900
Freedom Slate of the National Democratic Party200.1500
Total13,410100.00110
Registered voters/turnout19,151–
Source: IslandStudies.ca,[7] SXM Elections,[8] Governor of St. Maarten[9]

References

  1. ^ "Godett verliest fors op Curaçao". Trouw (in Dutch). 21 April 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Bonaire Island Elections 2007" (PDF). The Bonaire Reporter. 27 April – 4 May 2007. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Eilandsraadverkiezingen, 2007". Hoofdstembureau Curaçao (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Saba Voting Bureau ratifies election results". The Daily Herald. 27 April 2007. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Johnson and Zagers new commissioners". Saba Tourist Bureau. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  6. ^ "DP and PLP both lose one vote in final count". The Daily Herald. 26 April 2007. p. 10.
  7. ^ "Sint Maarten (Saint Maarten)". IslandStudies.ca. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Election Year 2007 Results". SXM Elections. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Press statement: April 20, 2007 elections". governorsxm.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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