2005 Aruban general election

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2005 Aruban general election
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  2001 23 September 2005 2009  

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 Mike Eman.jpg
Leader Nelson Oduber Mike Eman
Party PEM AVP
Seats before126
Seats won118
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote22,00216,725
Percentage42.87%32.59%
SwingDecrease2.svg 9.61Increase2.svg 6.01

 Third partyFourth party
 
MPA
Leader Rudy Lampe  [ nl ]
Party MPA RED
Seats before
Seats won11
Seat changeNewNew
Popular vote3,6613,330
Percentage7.13%6.49%
SwingNewNew

Prime Minister before election

Nelson Oduber
PEM

Elected Prime Minister

Nelson Oduber
PEM

General elections were held in Aruba on 23 September 2005. They were won by the People's Electoral Movement, which took 11 of the 21 seats in the Estates.

Results

Etats d'Aruba 2005.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Electoral Movement 22,00242.8711–1
Aruban People's Party 16,72532.598+2
Aruban Patriotic Movement 3,6617.131New
Democratic Network 3,3306.491New
Real Democracy 2,4144.700New
Aruban Liberal Organization 1,7253.360–1
Aruban Patriotic Party 1,0922.130–2
ADA–MSA2370.4600
PPT/SB1310.2600
Total51,317100.00210
Valid votes51,31798.71
Invalid/blank votes6731.29
Total votes51,990100.00
Registered voters/turnout60,63585.74
Source: Overheid