2021 Curaçao general election
General elections took place in Curaçao on 19 March 2021, two days after the 2021 Dutch general election.[1]
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| Turnout | 73.97% ( 7.57 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Electoral system
The 21 members of the Estates are elected by proportional representation.[2] Parties that won at least one seat in the 2017 election were allowed to participate automatically and a primary election was held to determine which non-parliamentary parties could run. In the primary, these parties were required to win the equivalent of 1% of the votes cast in the previous general election in order to participate.
Primary election
In Curaçao, parties with no parliamentary representation must compete in a primary, and must receive an equivalent of at least 1% of the total number of votes present in the prior election (in 2017) to participate in the general election. The primary was held on 30 and 31 January. The threshold to advance was 789 votes.
| Party | Leader | Votes | % of 2017 turnout | Qualified | ||
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| National People's Party | Ruthmilda D. Larmonie-Cecilia | 3,374 | 4.22 | Yes | ||
| Curaçao is the Best (Kòrsou Esun Miho) | Michelangelo Martines | 2,686 | 3.36 | Yes | ||
| Work for Curaçao | Rennox Calmes | 2,216 | 2.77 | Yes | ||
| A Change for Curaçao | Raichel Sintjacoba | 1,514 | 1.89 | Yes | ||
| Democratic Party | Elsa Rozendal | 1,492 | 1.87 | Yes | ||
| Curaçao with Vision | Miles B.M. Mercera | 1,303 | 1.63 | Yes | ||
| Movementu Kousa Promé | René Rosalia | 1,285 | 1.61 | Yes | ||
| Curaçao a New Dutch Municipality | Luigi Faneyte | 942 | 1.18 | Yes | ||
| MAVIS Party | Mavis Albertina | 758 | 0.95 | No | ||
| KAS Movement | Humphrey Davelaar | 746 | 0.93 | No | ||
| Union and Progress | Elvis F. de Andrade | 627 | 0.78 | No | ||
| Party for the Wellbeing of Curaçao | Julius Koko | 547 | 0.68 | No | ||
| A New Curaçao | Peter Alberto | 520 | 0.65 | No | ||
| Awor Ta Basta | Marulla Chirino | 350 | 0.44 | No | ||
| New Alliance Party | Amado Rojer | 176 | 0.22 | No | ||
| People for Progress Movement | Marco Tyrol | 62 | 0.07 | No | ||
| Total valid votes | 18,598 | |||||
| Total invalid votes | 597 | |||||
| Total blank votes | 29 | |||||
| Total votes | 19,224 | |||||
| Source: Supreme Electoral Council of Curaçao | ||||||
Campaign period
On 7 March, the fourth candidate on the list of the Trabou pa Kòrsou (Work for Curaçao) party, Almier Godett, was shot and killed while trying to calm a family dispute.[3][4]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| Movement for the Future of Curaçao | 23,559 | 27.76 | +7.88 | 9 | +4 | |
| Real Alternative Party | 11,778 | 13.88 | –9.40 | 4 | –2 | |
| National People's Party | 10,563 | 12.45 | +8.47 | 4 | +4 | |
| Partido MAN | 5,456 | 6.43 | –13.99 | 2 | –3 | |
| Kòrsou Esun Miho | 4,537 | 5.35 | New | 1 | New | |
| Work for Curaçao | 4,411 | 5.20 | New | 1 | New | |
| A Change for Curaçao | 3,990 | 4.70 | New | 0 | New | |
| Partido Inovashon Nashonal | 3,734 | 4.40 | –0.93 | 0 | –1 | |
| Curaçao with Vision | 3,544 | 4.18 | New | 0 | New | |
| Kòrsou di Nos Tur | 3,521 | 4.15 | –5.29 | 0 | –2 | |
| Movementu Kousa Promé | 2,455 | 2.89 | +0.39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | 2,388 | 2.81 | +2.81 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curaçao a New Dutch Municipality | 2,245 | 2.65 | New | 0 | New | |
| Movementu Progresivo | 1,462 | 1.72 | –3.22 | 0 | –1 | |
| Sovereign People | 1,215 | 1.43 | –3.71 | 0 | –1 | |
| Total | 84,858 | 100.00 | – | 21 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 84,858 | 98.78 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,052 | 1.22 | ||||
| Total votes | 85,910 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 116,146 | 73.97 | ||||
| Source: SECC | ||||||
References
- Vordev. "Parliamentary elections to be held on March 19, 2021". www.curacaochronicle.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- Political structure The Economist Intelligence Unit
- Curaçao politician Almier Godett (38) shot dead
- "Politicus op Curaçao doodgeschoten bij familieruzie". RTL Nieuws. March 7, 2021.