2001 Aruban general election

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2001 Aruban general election
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  1997 28 September 2001 2005  

All 21 seats in Parliament
11 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Kamal Nath meeting with the Prime Minister of Aruba, Mr. Nelson Oduber, in New Delhi on December 11, 2007 (cropped).jpg Henny Eman (1986).jpg
Leader Nelson Oduber Henny Eman
Party PEM AVP
Seats before910
Seats won126
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote25,17212,749
Percentage52.48%26.58%
SwingIncrease2.svg 13.68Decrease2.svg 16.95

 Third partyFourth party
 
PPA
OLA
Party PPA OLA
Seats before03
Seats won21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote4,5982,713
Percentage9.59%5.66%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.00Decrease2.svg 3.23

Prime Minister before election

Henny Eman
AVP

Elected Prime Minister

Nelson Oduber
PEM

General elections were held in Aruba on 28 September 2001. The result was a landslide victory for the People's Electoral Movement, which won 12 of the 21 seats in the Estates. [1]

Results

Etats d'Aruba 2001.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Electoral Movement 25,17252.4812+3
Aruban People's Party 12,74926.586–4
Aruban Patriotic Party 4,5989.592+2
Aruban Liberal Organization 2,7135.661–2
Aruban Democratic Alliance1,6663.470New
Concentration for the Liberation of Aruba5401.130New
National Democratic Alliance 5311.1100
Total47,969100.00210
Valid votes47,96998.77
Invalid/blank votes5961.23
Total votes48,565100.00
Registered voters/turnout56,61785.78
Source: Caribbean Elections, CBS

References

  1. South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2003, Taylor & Francis, p104