en 1958 Netherlands Antilles general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 1 September 1958. This snap election was held after discussions about changing the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Results


Party		Island	Votes	%	Seats
	National People's Party	Curaçao	20,353	30.97	6
	Democratic Party	Curaçao	18,771	28.57	5
	Aruban Patriotic Party	Aruba	9,912	15.08	5
	Catholic People's Party	Curaçao	5,487	8.35	1
	Aruban People's Party	Aruba	4,505	6.86	2
	Aruban National Union	Aruba	2,059	3.13	1
	Bonaire Democratic Party	Bonaire	1,373	2.09	1
	Partido Boneriano Uni	Bonaire	1,138	1.73	0
	Democratic Party Sint Maarten	SSS Islands	904	1.38	1
	National People's Party–Aruba	Aruba	685	1.04	0
	National People's Party	SSS Islands	521	0.79	0
Total			65,708	100.00	22

Curaçao

Population: 124,340 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 49,636
Valid votes: 44,611
Seats: 12
Average valid votes per seat: 3,717.58

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
National People's Party (NVP) / Curaçaoan Independent Party (COP)
1	M.F. da Costa Gomez	20,353	17,448	Elected
2	H.G.M. Pieters Kwiers		90	Elected
3	B.Ph. Römer		36	Elected
4	P. van der Hoeven		1,971	Elected
5	C.E. Dip		70	Elected
6	Ch.E.W. Voges		133	Elected
7	S.D. Abbad		80	-
8	C.E. Cathalina		29	-
9	E.J. van Romondt		159	-
10	A.R. Winklaar		25	-
11	W. de Boer		124	-
12	A.P. Loewenthal		18	-
13	G.E.A. Booi		33	-
14	P.A. Lauffer		6	-
15	Ph.J. Evertsz		23	-
16	E.L.C. van Rosberg		13	-
17	F.R. Brion		55	-
Democratic Party (DP)
1	E. Jonckheer	18,771	14,071	Elected
2	C.D. Kroon		757	Elected
3	S.W. van der Meer		90	Elected
4	R.J. Isa		51	Elected
5	C.H.W. Hueck		27	-
6	H.L. Braam		2,352	Elected
7	Mrs. L.C. van der Linde-Helmijr		46	-
8	J.A.O. Bikker		24	-
9	R. Elhage		69	-
10	P.A. van der Veen		32	-
11	D. van der Ree		38	-
12	S.G.M. Rozendal		31	-
13	A.G. de Windt		48	-
14	M.A. Margaretha		34	-
15	C.C. Peterson		1,005	-
16	M.J. Vidal		16	-
17	E.M.H. Agnes		40	-
Catholic People's Party (KVP)
1	I.C. Debrot	5,487	3,669	Elected
2	B.M. Leito		108	-
3	J.L. Martina		93	-
4	J.J. Buhre		1,033	-
5	H.M. van Delden		137	-
6	M.J.M. Lichtveld		104	-
7	P. Maduro		12	-
8	V.C. Vinck		75	-
9	H.G. Zimmerman		65	-
10	E.J. Morkos		63	-
11	G.T. Lauff		5	-
12	Miss R.M. Panneflek		20	-
13	W. Rigaud		22	-
14	V.R. Maduro		18	-
15	R.T. Macares		26	-
16	E.C. Albertoe		18	-
17	W.R. Hooi		19	-

Aruba

Population: 57,213 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 18,642
Valid votes: 17,161
Seats: 8
Average valid votes per seat: 2,145.125

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
Aruban Patriotic Party (PPA)
1	J.E. Irausquin	9,912	3,683	Elected
2	M. Henriquez		346	Elected
3	J. Erasmus		465	Elected
4	O. Croes		112	Elected
5	E.R. Finck		890	Elected
6	W.C. Anslijn		1142	-
7	J.R.L. Beaujon		139	-
8	F. Sebastiano		486	-
9	J. Geerman		592	-
10	E.O. Petronia		518	-
11	J.M. Leonardo		158	-
12	D.C. Mathew		772	-
13	C. Angela		612	-
Aruban People's Party (AVP)
1	C.A. Eman	4,505	2946	Elected
2	D.G. Croes		648	Elected
3	M. Croes		176	-
4	L.V. Britten		114	-
5	J.A. Croes		24	-
6	S. Geerman		87	-
7	D. Flemming		109	-
8	M. Arends		13	-
9	J.C. Lampe		59	-
10	A.H. Raven		55	-
11	J.P. Falconi		46	-
12	E.M. Lacle		93	-
13	F. Maduro		142	-
UNA
1	A. Werleman	2,059	1087	Elected
2	F.B. Tromp		262	-
3	A.F. Dussenbroek		344	-
4	M.J. Croes		60	-
5	Th.J. Figaroa		148	-
6	R.C. Oduber		19	-
7	L. Wever		30	-
8	Th.D. Luydens		19	-
9	Miss T.F. Palm		28	-
10	Th. Leest		13	-
11	R.E. Frank		16	-
12	I. Croes		6	-
13	C.P. Schwengle		22	-
NVP-A
1	M.F. da Costa Gomez	685	225	-
2	D.A. Vlaun		66	-
3	A.W.A. Heidewiller		104	-
4	G. Swart		69	-
5	M.P. Boekhouder		71	-
6	J. Eleonora		18	-
7	W.T. Holman		18	-
8	J. Priest		21	-
9	C.R. Beukenboom		21	-
10	E. Erasmus		10	-
11	F.B. Figaroa		33	-
12	E.M. Bronswinkel		19	-
13	O.A. Hassell		10	-

Bonaire

Population: 5,663 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 2,623
Valide votes: 2,511
Seats: 1

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
Bonaire Democratic Party (PDB)
1	J.A. Abraham	1,373	?	Elected
2	C.D. Christiaan		?	-
3	Miss M.C. Hellmund		?	-
4	J.H.R. Herrera		?	-
5	A.J.H. Snijder		?	-
6	A.A. Emerenciano		?	-
UNI
1	S.C.G. Soliano	1,138	?	-
2	A.E. Booi		?	-
3	Ch.J.A. Beukeboom		?	-
4	F.C.A. Chirino		?	-
5	E.B. Sint Jago		?	-
6	L.D. Gerharts		?	-

SSS Islands

Population: 3,769 (31 December 1957, Sint Maarten: 1,558; Sint Eustatius: 1,087; Saba: 1,124)
Valide votes: 1,425
Seats: 1

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
DP
1	H.I. Lopes	904	646	Elected
2	A.C. Wathey		158	-
3	D.C. Mathew		23	-
4	W.C. Anslijn		49	-
5	R.A. Sorton		4	-
6	A. Schmidt		24	-
NVP
1	Ch.E.W. Voges	521	404	-
2	H. Hassel		60	-
3	E. Ridson		4	-
4	C. Woodley		13	-
5	C. Peterson		12	-
6	S. Hazel		28	-

Aftermath

Jonckheer, Kroon, Van der Meer and Irausquin gave up their seats in parliament to become ministers in the Second Jonckheer cabinet. The first three were replaced by Hueck, Van der Linde-Helmijr and Bikker. Abbad was the replacement for Pieters Kwiers. Mid 1959 Leito succeeded Debrot.

Abraham died at the end of 1960.

References

Amigoe di Curaçao, 31 July 1958
Amigoe di Curaçao, 4 August 1958
Amigoe di Curaçao, 2 September 1958
Amigoe di Curaçao, 3 September 1958
Know Your Political History: St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius, by Edgar Lynch & Julian Lynch, Election Watchnite Association, 1990, page 27