2020 Sint Maarten general election

Last updated

2020 Sint Maarten general election
Flag of Sint Maarten.svg
  2018 9 January 2020 January 2024  

All 15 seats in Parliament
8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.56%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
NA Silveria Jacobs 35.296+1
UPP Theodore Heyliger 24.184+4
USP Frans Richardson 13.1920
PFP Melissa Gumbs 10.532New
UD Sarah Wescot-Williams 8.691−6
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Silveria Jacobs
NA
Silveria Jacobs
NA

Snap general elections were held in Sint Maarten on 9 January 2020, two years earlier than scheduled, following the dissolution of the Second Marlin-Romeo cabinet in September 2019.

Contents

Electoral system

The 15 seats in the Estates were elected by proportional representation. [1] In order to participate in the election, new parties and parties without a seat in parliament were required to obtain at least 136 signatures; 1% of the valid votes of the 2018 general elections. [2]

Results

Sint Maarten Estates 2020.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Alliance 4,71535.296+1
United People's Party 3,23124.184+4
United St. Maarten Party 1,76213.1920
Party for Progress 1,40710.532New
United Democrats 1,1618.691–6
St. Maarten Christian Party 7595.680–1
People's Progressive Alliance 3262.4400
Total13,361100.00150
Valid votes13,36197.09
Invalid votes3122.27
Blank votes890.65
Total votes13,762100.00
Registered voters/turnout23,10659.56
Source: Government of Sint Maarten [3]

References

  1. The Constitution Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Estates of Sint Maarten
  2. "Election Ordinance - Government of Sint Maarten" (PDF). sintmaartengov.org.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20221202085243/http://www.sintmaartengov.org/special-campaigns/Parliamentary-Elections/ParliamentaryElections2020/Pages/Overall-Party-Election-Results-2020.aspx [ bare URL ]