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]

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

Results

Bonaire
PartySeats+/–
Bonaire Patriotic Union4+2
Bonaire Democratic Party4–1
Other parties1–1
Total90
Source: NU.nl,[2] Het Parool[3]

Curaçao
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Party for the Restructured Antilles15,94822.605–3
National People's Party 15,61622.135+1
Workers' Liberation Front 12,63117.904+2
People's Crusade Labour Party11,93816.924New
New Antilles Movement6,8519.712–4
Organisashon pa Restorashon di Un i Tur3,7395.301New
Democratic Party 2,9314.150–1
Nos Patria9091.2900
Total70,563100.00210
Registered voters/turnout124,572–
Source: Hoofdstembureau Curaçao,[4] NRC Handelsblad[5]

Saba
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Windward Islands People's Movement40070.674+2
Saba Labour Party12622.261New
Democratic Party of Saba407.070New
Total566100.0050
Source: FindRecord.ru,[6] Lynch & Lynch[7]

Sint Eustatius
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Sint Eustatius Alliance54149.503+1
Democratic Party45241.352–1
St. Eustatius Action Movement1009.1500
Total1,093100.0050
Source: Lynch & Lynch[8]

Sint Maarten
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Party5,60154.427+2
Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance2,86227.813–2
National Progressive Party1,25912.231New
Serious Alternative People's Party4234.110–1
Decision 1999760.740New
PRLP640.620New
St. Maarten Liberation Movement70.070New
Total10,292100.00110
Source: CaribTourism.net,[9] Lynch & Lynch[10]

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. "Winst democraten eilandraad Bonaire". Het Parool (in Dutch). Delpher. 10 April 1995. p. 2. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. "Eerdere verkiezingen". Hoofdstembureau Curaçao (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. Vries, Guido de (7 May 1999). "Curaçao naar de stembus: voor of tegen de premier". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  6. "Saba". FindRecord.ru. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  7. Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. p. 194. ISBN 0913441325.
  8. Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. p. 195. ISBN 0913441325.
  9. "History of Sint Maarten". CaribTourism.net. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  10. 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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