2004 Saban status referendum

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2004 Saban status referendum
Flag of Saba.svg
5 November 2004
Results
Choice
Votes %
Remain in the Netherlands Antilles8513.18%
Direct ties with the Netherlands55586.05%
Independence50.78%
Valid votes64596.85%
Invalid or blank votes213.15%
Total votes666100.00%
Registered voters/turnout85677.8%

A status referendum was held on the island of Saba on 5 November 2004. [1]

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Background

After the 1994 referendum came out in favour of maintaining and restructuring the Netherlands Antilles, the government of the Netherlands Antilles tried to restructure the Netherlands Antilles and attempted to forge closer ties between the islands, as is exemplified by the adoption of an anthem of the Netherlands Antilles in 2000. A new referendum on Sint Maarten, which was in favour of a separate status for Sint Maarten as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, sparked a new series of referendums across the Netherlands Antilles, however.

86.05% of the population in Saba voted for closer links to the Netherlands; remaining a part of the Netherlands Antilles got 13.18% of the vote. Independence got less than one percent of the vote.

Results

ChoiceVotes%
Direct constitutional ties with the Netherlands55586.05
Remain part of the Netherlands Antilles8513.18
Independence50.78
Total645100.00
Valid votes64596.85
Invalid/blank votes213.15
Total votes666100.00
Registered voters/turnout85677.80
Source: Direct Democracy

See also

References

  1. ↑ Saba Tourist Bureau. "Referendum on the Constitutional Future of Saba 2004". Archived from the original on 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
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