2016 Curaçao general election

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

PartyAbbreviationLeaderVotesNotes
Kòrsou di nos turKdnTAmparo dos Santos2,178Qualified for the main elections
Movementu Patriótiko i Adelanto SosialPASCharles Cooper1,543
Un Korsou HustuUKHOmayra Leeflang1,361
Movementu ProgresivoMPMarylin Moses1,240
Movementu Kousa ProméMKPRene Rosalia1,122
Democratic PartyDPGeraldine Parris1,094
Partido pro KòrsouIvar Asjes965
Workers' Liberation FrontFOLWilson Godett 622
Partido Reskate Integral KòrsouPRIKMilangelo Isidora 505
1 TIM MAGNO1TM378
Partido Aliansa NoboPANAmado Rojer280
Movementu Revelashon BintiR16Darwin de Lanoi 273
Partido GOOL205
Fórsa Elevá/Partido KooperativistaFE/PKP62
Korsou, Un Pais NoboUPNTito Lopez 49

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Partido MAN12,83916.234+2
Movement for the Future of Curaçao12,67116.014–1
Party for the Restructured Antilles11,94915.1040
Korsou di Nos Tur8,25410.433New
National People's Party7,0178.872+1
Sovereign People5,3236.732–3
Un Korsou Hustu4,8456.121New
Movementu Progresivo4,1405.231New
Partido pa Adelanto I Inovashon Soshal3,6544.620–4
Movementu Patriótiko i Adelanto Sosial3,4524.360New
Democratic Party1,9632.4800
Movementu Kousa Promé1,8672.360New
Pro Kòrsou1,1461.450New
Invalid/blank votes1,303
Total80,423100210
Eligible to vote/turnout120,45666.76
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 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.
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