1958 Netherlands Antilles general election

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General elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 1 September 1958. This snap election was held after discussions about changing the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Results

PartyIslandVotes%Seats
National People's Party Curaçao 20,35330.976
Democratic Party Curaçao 18,77128.575
Aruban Patriotic Party Aruba 9,91215.085
Catholic People's Party Curaçao 5,4878.351
Aruban People's Party Aruba 4,5056.862
Aruban National Union Aruba 2,0593.131
Bonaire Democratic Party Bonaire 1,3732.091
Partido Boneriano Uni Bonaire 1,1381.730
Democratic Party Sint Maarten SSS Islands 9041.381
National People's Party–Aruba Aruba 6851.040
National People's Party SSS Islands 5210.790
Total65,708100.0022

Curaçao

Population: 124,340 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 49,636
Valid votes: 44,611
Seats: 12
Average valid votes per seat: 3,717.58

#CandidateTotal per listVotesResult
National People's Party (NVP) / Curaçaoan Independent Party (COP)
1 M.F. da Costa Gomez 20,35317,448Elected
2 H.G.M. Pieters Kwiers 90Elected
3 B.Ph. Römer 36Elected
4 P. van der Hoeven 1,971Elected
5 C.E. Dip 70Elected
6 Ch.E.W. Voges 133Elected
7 S.D. Abbad 80-
8C.E. Cathalina29-
9E.J. van Romondt159-
10A.R. Winklaar25-
11W. de Boer124-
12A.P. Loewenthal18-
13G.E.A. Booi33-
14P.A. Lauffer6-
15Ph.J. Evertsz23-
16E.L.C. van Rosberg13-
17F.R. Brion55-
Democratic Party (DP)
1 E. Jonckheer 18,77114,071Elected
2 C.D. Kroon 757Elected
3 S.W. van der Meer 90Elected
4 R.J. Isa 51Elected
5 C.H.W. Hueck 27-
6 H.L. Braam 2,352Elected
7Mrs. L.C. van der Linde-Helmijr 46-
8 J.A.O. Bikker 24-
9R. Elhage69-
10P.A. van der Veen32-
11D. van der Ree38-
12 S.G.M. Rozendal 31-
13A.G. de Windt48-
14M.A. Margaretha34-
15C.C. Peterson1,005-
16M.J. Vidal16-
17E.M.H. Agnes40-
Catholic People's Party (KVP)
1 I.C. Debrot 5,4873,669Elected
2 B.M. Leito 108-
3J.L. Martina93-
4J.J. Buhre1,033-
5H.M. van Delden137-
6M.J.M. Lichtveld104-
7P. Maduro12-
8V.C. Vinck75-
9H.G. Zimmerman65-
10 E.J. Morkos 63-
11G.T. Lauff5-
12Miss R.M. Panneflek20-
13W. Rigaud22-
14V.R. Maduro18-
15R.T. Macares26-
16E.C. Albertoe18-
17W.R. Hooi19-

Aruba

Population: 57,213 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 18,642
Valid votes: 17,161
Seats: 8
Average valid votes per seat: 2,145.125

#CandidateTotal per listVotesResult
Aruban Patriotic Party (PPA)
1 J.E. Irausquin 9,9123,683Elected
2 M. Henriquez 346Elected
3 J. Erasmus 465Elected
4 O. Croes 112Elected
5 E.R. Finck 890Elected
6 W.C. Anslijn 1142-
7 J.R.L. Beaujon 139-
8F. Sebastiano486-
9 J. Geerman 592-
10 E.O. Petronia 518-
11J.M. Leonardo158-
12D.C. Mathew772-
13C. Angela612-
Aruban People's Party (AVP)
1 C.A. Eman 4,5052946Elected
2 D.G. Croes 648Elected
3 M. Croes 176-
4L.V. Britten114-
5J.A. Croes24-
6S. Geerman87-
7D. Flemming109-
8M. Arends13-
9J.C. Lampe59-
10A.H. Raven55-
11J.P. Falconi46-
12E.M. Lacle93-
13F. Maduro142-
UNA
1 A. Werleman 2,0591087Elected
2 F.B. Tromp 262-
3 A.F. Dussenbroek 344-
4M.J. Croes60-
5Th.J. Figaroa148-
6R.C. Oduber19-
7L. Wever30-
8Th.D. Luydens19-
9Miss T.F. Palm28-
10Th. Leest13-
11R.E. Frank16-
12I. Croes6-
13C.P. Schwengle22-
NVP-A
1 M.F. da Costa Gomez 685225-
2 D.A. Vlaun 66-
3A.W.A. Heidewiller104-
4G. Swart69-
5M.P. Boekhouder71-
6J. Eleonora18-
7W.T. Holman18-
8J. Priest21-
9C.R. Beukenboom21-
10E. Erasmus10-
11F.B. Figaroa33-
12E.M. Bronswinkel19-
13O.A. Hassell10-

Bonaire

Population: 5,663 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 2,623
Valide votes: 2,511
Seats: 1

#CandidateTotal per listVotesResult
Bonaire Democratic Party (PDB)
1 J.A. Abraham 1,373?Elected
2C.D. Christiaan?-
3Miss M.C. Hellmund?-
4J.H.R. Herrera?-
5A.J.H. Snijder?-
6A.A. Emerenciano?-
UNI
1S.C.G. Soliano1,138?-
2A.E. Booi?-
3Ch.J.A. Beukeboom?-
4F.C.A. Chirino?-
5 E.B. Sint Jago ?-
6 L.D. Gerharts ?-

SSS Islands

Population: 3,769 (31 December 1957, Sint Maarten: 1,558; Sint Eustatius: 1,087; Saba: 1,124)
Valide votes: 1,425
Seats: 1

#CandidateTotal per listVotesResult
DP
1 H.I. Lopes 904646Elected
2 A.C. Wathey 158-
3D.C. Mathew23-
4 W.C. Anslijn 49-
5R.A. Sorton4-
6A. Schmidt24-
NVP
1 Ch.E.W. Voges 521404-
2H. Hassel60-
3E. Ridson4-
4C. Woodley13-
5C. Peterson12-
6S. Hazel28-

Aftermath

Jonckheer, Kroon, Van der Meer and Irausquin gave up their seats in parliament to become ministers in the Second Jonckheer cabinet. The first three were replaced by Hueck, Van der Linde-Helmijr and Bikker. Abbad was the replacement for Pieters Kwiers. Mid 1959 Leito succeeded Debrot.

Abraham died at the end of 1960.

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