United People's Party (Sint Maarten)

United People's Party
Leader	Omar E.C. Ottley[1]
Founded	24 July 2010; 14 years ago (24 July 2010) 11 April 2010; 14 years ago (11 April 2010)[2]
Youth wing	UP Next
Political position	Centre-right[3]
National affiliation	United Democrats (2017–2020)
Colours	Green
Parliament of Sint Maarten	2 / 15
Website
UPParty.sx
Politics of Sint Maarten Political parties Elections

Original party logo

The United People's Party (Dutch: Verenigde Volkspartij) is a political party in Sint Maarten founded in 2010.[4][5]

UP Next

In 2014, the youth arm of the United People’s Party, “UP Next”, was launched at the Hard Rock Café in Phillipsburg, Sint Maarten.[6]

Election results

General elections

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Status
2010	Theo Heyliger	4,936	36.09%	6 / 15	New	Coalition (2010-2012)
						Opposition (2012-2014)
2014		6,156	42.46%	7 / 15	1	Coalition (2014-2015)
						Opposition (2015-2016)
2016		4,130	29.06%	5 / 15	2	Opposition (2016-2017)
						Coalition (2017-2018)
2018	Merged into United Democrats
2020	Theo Heyliger	3,231	24.18%	4 / 15	3	Coalition
Jan 2024	Rolando Brison	2,814	19.48%	3 / 15	1	Opposition
Aug 2024	Omar Ottley	2,038	14.92%	2 / 15	1	TBA

See also

• Claude Wathey

References

1. "MP Ottley congratulates electorate and looks to a united path Forward after historic nine-party Parliamentary Election". Saint Martin News Network. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
2. "UP party and campaign for Sept 17 elections launched". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
3. Pieters, Danny (2021). Social security law in small jurisdictions. The World of Small States. Vol. 8. Springer. p. 226. ISBN 978-3-030-78247-4. OCLC 1264715128.
4. "UP biggest, but NA, US, DP sign accord". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
5. "No confidence motion passed against Council of Ministers". The Daily Herald. 1 October 2015.
6. "UP Next (youth wing of the United People's Party) launched at Hard Rock Café". The Today Newspaper. Retrieved 28 November 2014.