1971 Netherlands Antilles island council elections

Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles in 1971. They were the sixth elections for the Island Council, ^[1]

Aruba

General elections were held in Aruba in 1971. They were the first in which the People's Electoral Movement participated, after Gilberto Croes split from the AVP.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Aruban Patriotic Party	12,039	51.12	11	+1
	People's Electoral Movement	8,099	34.39	7	New
	Aruban People's Party	3,413	14.49	3	–5
Total		23,551	100.00	21	0
Source: [2]

Bonaire

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Bonairean Workers' Party	1,046	29.18	3
	Bonaire Democratic Party	1,044	29.12	3
	PPB	966	26.95	2
	United Progressive Bonairean Party	529	14.76	1
Total		3,585	100.00	9
Source: [2]

Curaçao

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Party	17,350	32.45	7
	National People's Party/U	16,680	31.20	7
	Workers' Liberation Front	8,220	15.37	3
	MASA	7,245	13.55	3
	Partido MAN	3,972	7.43	1
Total		53,467	100.00	21
Source: [2]

Windward Islands

General elections were held in the Windward Islands on 7 May 1971 to elect the 15 members of the Island Council. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won four of the 8 Island Council seats. ^[3]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Party	1,720	54.40	8
	Windward Islands People's Movement	1,152	36.43	7
	People's Progressive Movement	290	9.17	0
Total		3,162	100.00	15
Source: [2]

References

1. "Politieke partijen en verkiezingen". Historia di Aruba (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
2. "Statistical Yearbook Netherlands Antilles 1971". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek . p. 43.
3. Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. pp. 40, 182. ISBN   0913441325.