Partido MAN

MAN Party
Partido MAN
LeaderHensley Koeiman
FounderDon Martina
Founded6 February 1971[1]
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
ColoursBlue
Estates of Curaçao
2 / 21
Website
http://www.partidoman.org/

Partido MAN is a political party in Curaçao founded in 1971,[1] which has two of the 21 seats of the Estates of Curaçao after the Curaçao general election of 2021.[2] In the elections preceding the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles the party gained two seats as well and joined the coalition government.[3]

Name

MAN originally stood for Movementu Antia Nobo (English: New Antilles Movement), but a party congress in 2005 decided to drop that meaning and let MAN be the name of the party in itself.

Netherlands Antilles

Don Martina, minister-president of the Netherlands Antilles from 1979 until 1984 and from 1986 to 1988, was MAN-related.[1]

At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 5.2% of the popular vote and no seats,[4] at the Netherlands Antilles general election of 2006, the party returned in the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles with 3 out of 14 seats of the Curaçao constituency in the 22 seat parliament.[5] In the last Netherlands Antilles general election in 2010, the party participated together with NPA and FK obtaining 5 seats.[6]

In the island council (Netherlands Antilles) of 2003 and 2007, the party obtained 2 and 5 seats respectively.[7][8] The two seats the party obtained in the 2010 island council elections continued as the Estates of Curaçao on 10 October 2010.

Election results

Election Leader Seats +/– Votes % Position Government
1971
1 / 21
1979
6 / 21
1983
8 / 21
1987
6 / 21
1991
3 / 21
1995
6 / 21
1999
2 / 21
2003 Charles Cooper
2 / 21
 Steady 6,274 9.34
2007
5 / 21
 Increase 3 13,923 18.7
2010 Eunice Eisden
2 / 21
 Decrease 3 6.531 8.8 Decrease 4th Coalition
2012 Charles Cooper
2 / 21
 Steady 8,294 9.5 Decrease 5th Opposition
2016 Hensley Koeiman
4 / 21
 Increase 2 12,839 16.23 Increase 1st Coalition
2017
5 / 21
 Increase 1 16,070 20.4 Decrease 2nd Coalition
2021 Steven Martina
2 / 21
 Decrease 3 5,456 6.43 Decrease 4th Opposition

References

  1. ^ a b c Leoni Leidel-Schenk (12 October 2012). "Partijen aan het woord:MAN" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. ^ Ottens, Nick (20 March 2021). "Curaçao Election Result Will Set Off Alarm Bells in Netherlands". Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Eilandsraadverkiezingen 27 augustus 2010, definitieve uitslag". Burgerlijke Stand, Bevolking en Verkiezingen; Government of the Netherlands Antilles. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Totaaluitslag 2002". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Totaaluitslag 2006". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Totaaluitslag 2010". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Verkiezingsuitslag 2003". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Eilandsraadverkiezingen, 2007". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.