2010 Curaçao general election

Island Council elections were held in Curaçao on 27 August 2010. Early elections were necessary because the island council failed to approve a proposed new constitution with a two-thirds majority in the first reading. Before it could be adopted by a simple majority in the second reading, the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands specified that a general election had to be held.

Politics of Curaçao

Although the elections were held for the island council of Curaçao, its newly elected members automatically became members of the Parliament of Curaçao when Curaçao became a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010.

Results

Although the Party for the Restructured Antilles increased its number of seats from 7 to 8, the coalition it led lost its majority. Gerrit Schotte of the Movementu Futuro Korsou (MFK) formed a coalition with Movishon Antia Nobo (MAN) and Pueblo Soberano (PS) and thus became Curaçao's first Prime Minister on 10 October 2010.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Party for the Restructured Antilles22,47430.238+1
Movement for the Future of Curaçao15,95321.465New
Sovereign People13,88618.684+3
Partido MAN6,5318.792–3
Workers' Liberation Front4,8136.471–1
National People's Party4,5886.171–1
Democratic Party3,0484.100–1
Partido pa Adelanto I Inovashon Soshal2,2022.960New
People's Crusade Labour Party5090.6800
Lista Niun Paso Atras3360.450–2
Total74,340100.00210
Valid votes74,34098.37
Invalid/blank votes1,2311.63
Total votes75,571100.00
Registered voters/turnout114,82865.81
Source: KSE

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