2007 Netherlands Antilles island council elections

2007 Netherlands Antilles island council elections

20 April 2007

All 51 seats in the island councils of Bonaire (9), Curaçao (21), Saba (5), Sint Eustatius (5) and Sint Maarten (11)

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Elected in Bonaire UPB Ramonsito Booi 51.22 5 −1 ADB Jopie Abraham 39.91 4 +1 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 Elected in Saba WIPM Ray Hassell 73.76 4 +1 SLP Akilah Levenstone 26.24 1 +1 Elected in Sint Eustatius DP Julian Woodley 55.36 4 +1 PLP Clyde van Putten 23.83 1 −1 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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Bonaire Patriotic Union	3,664	51.22	5	–1
	Democratic Alliance	2,855	39.91	4	+1
	PRO	583	8.15	0	–
	Alerta	52	0.73	0	–
Total		7,154	100.00	9	0
Registered voters/turnout			83.9
Source: The Bonaire Reporter[2]

Curaçao

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Party for the Restructured Antilles	20,862	28.02	7	+2
	Partido MAN	13,923	18.70	5	+3
	Workers' Liberation Front	7,648	10.27	2	–6
	National People's Party	7,558	10.15	2	0
	Lista Niun Paso Atras	6,304	8.47	2	+1
	Sovereign People	5,494	7.38	1	New
	Forsa Kòrsou	4,932	6.63	1	New
	Democratic Party	3,813	5.12	1	+1
	Un Pueblo Nobo	1,651	2.22	0	New
	People's Crusade Labour Party	1,227	1.65	0	–3
	Social Labour Movement	1,032	1.39	0	New
Total		74,444	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		74,444	99.37
Invalid/blank votes		469	0.63
Total votes		74,913	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		112,541	66.57
Source: Hoofdstembureau Curaçao[3]

Saba

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Windward Islands People's Movement	447	73.76	4	+1
	Saba Labour Party	159	26.24	1	+1
Total		606	100.00	5	0
Valid votes		606	98.54
Invalid/blank votes		9	1.46
Total votes		615	100.00
Source: The Daily Herald,[4] Saba Tourist Bureau[5]

Sint Eustatius

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party	625	55.36	4	+1
	Progressive Labour Party	269	23.83	1	–1
	St. Eustatius Empowerment Party	211	18.69	0	New
	Cyril B. Tearr	24	2.13	0	0
Total		1,129	100.00	5	0
Valid votes		1,129	98.34
Invalid/blank votes		19	1.66
Total votes		1,148	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,517	75.68
Source: The Daily Herald[6]

Sint Maarten

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party	6,635	49.48	6	0
	National Alliance	5,542	41.33	5	+1
	People's Progressive Alliance	1,119	8.34	0	–1
	Democratic Labour Party	69	0.51	0	0
	St. Maarten People's Believers Independent Movement	25	0.19	0	0
	Freedom Slate of the National Democratic Party	20	0.15	0	0
Total		13,410	100.00	11	0
Registered voters/turnout		19,151	–
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.