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| Turnout | 59.56% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| National Alliance | 4,715 | 35.29 | 6 | +1 | |
| United People's Party | 3,231 | 24.18 | 4 | +4 | |
| United St. Maarten Party | 1,762 | 13.19 | 2 | 0 | |
| Party for Progress | 1,407 | 10.53 | 2 | New | |
| United Democrats | 1,161 | 8.69 | 1 | –6 | |
| St. Maarten Christian Party | 759 | 5.68 | 0 | –1 | |
| People's Progressive Alliance | 326 | 2.44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 13,361 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 13,361 | 97.09 | |||
| Invalid votes | 312 | 2.27 | |||
| Blank votes | 89 | 0.65 | |||
| Total votes | 13,762 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 23,106 | 59.56 | |||
| Source: Government of Sint Maarten [3] | |||||
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