2016 Curaçao general election

2016 Curaçao general election

5 October 2016

All 21 seats in Parliament 11 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– MAN Hensley Koeiman 16.23 4 +2 MFK Gerrit Schotte 16.01 4 −1 PAR Eugene Rhuggenaath 15.10 4 0 KNT Amparo dos Santos 10.43 3 New PNP Humphrey Davelaar 8.87 2 +1 Sovereign People Ben Whiteman 6.73 2 −3 UKH Omayra Leeflang 6.12 1 New MP Marilyn Moses 5.23 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Ben Whiteman Sovereign People Hensley Koeiman MAN

General elections were held in Curaçao on 5 October 2016, having been postponed from 30 September due to Hurricane Matthew.[1][2] A total of thirteen parties participated.[3]

Electoral system

The 21 members of the Estates were elected by proportional representation.[4] Parties that won seats in the previous elections were allowed to participate, whilst primary elections were held to determine which other parties can run, with parties required to receive the equivalent of 1% of the vote from the previous elections in order to participate.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held prior to the elections for new parties or parties that had failed to win seats in the previous elections in 2012, with parties having to obtain the equivalent of 1% of the vote in the previous elections;[5] i.e. 870 votes.

The primary elections took place on 20 and 21 August 2016, with seven of the fifteen participating parties qualifying:[6]

Party	Abbreviation	Leader	Votes	Notes
Kòrsou di nos tur	KdnT	Amparo dos Santos	2,178	Qualified for the main elections
Movementu Patriótiko i Adelanto Sosial	PAS	Charles Cooper	1,543
Un Korsou Hustu	UKH	Omayra Leeflang	1,361
Movementu Progresivo	MP	Marylin Moses	1,240
Movementu Kousa Promé	MKP	Rene Rosalia	1,122
Democratic Party	DP	Geraldine Parris	1,094
Partido pro Kòrsou		Ivar Asjes	965
Workers' Liberation Front	FOL	Wilson Godett	622
Partido Reskate Integral Kòrsou	PRIK	Milangelo Isidora	505
1 TIM MAGNO	1TM		378
Partido Aliansa Nobo	PAN	Amado Rojer	280
Movementu Revelashon Binti	R16	Darwin de Lanoi	273
Partido GOOL			205
Fórsa Elevá/Partido Kooperativista	FE/PKP		62
Korsou, Un Pais Nobo	UPN	Tito Lopez	49

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Partido MAN	12,839	16.23	4	+2
	Movement for the Future of Curaçao	12,671	16.01	4	–1
	Party for the Restructured Antilles	11,949	15.10	4	0
	Kòrsou di Nos Tur	8,254	10.43	3	New
	National People's Party	7,017	8.87	2	+1
	Sovereign People	5,323	6.73	2	–3
	Un Kòrsou Hustu	4,845	6.12	1	New
	Movementu Progresivo	4,140	5.23	1	New
	Partido pa Adelanto I Inovashon Soshal	3,654	4.62	0	–4
	Movementu Patriótiko i Adelanto Sosial	3,452	4.36	0	New
	Democratic Party	1,963	2.48	0	0
	Movementu Kousa Promé	1,867	2.36	0	New
	Pro Kòrsou	1,146	1.45	0	New
Total		79,120	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		79,120	98.38
Invalid/blank votes		1,303	1.62
Total votes		80,423	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		120,456	66.77
Source: KSE

References

1. Elections now on Wednesday Archived 2016-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Daily Herald - Sint Maarten, 30 September 2016
2. Announcement Government Of Curaçao: Date Elections 2016 Curaçao Chronicle, 3 February 2016
3. "Zeven partijen door naar 30 september" (in Dutch). Antilliaans Dagblad. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
4. Political structure The Economist Intelligence Unit
5. Chairman of Curacao electoral council discusses upcoming general election Archived 2016-07-13 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean News Now, 12 July 2016
6. "Ondersteuning van kandidatentlijsten voor de Statenverkiezing van 30 september 2016 op 20 en 21 augustus 2016 Voorlopige uitkomst" (PDF). Hoofdstembureau Curaçao (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 August 2016.