Aruban general election, 2013

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General elections were held in Aruba on 27 September 2013. [1] The result was a victory for the ruling Aruban People's Party, which won 13 of the 21 seats in the Estates.

Aruba Island country in the Caribbean, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Aruba is an island and a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea, located about 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the coast of Venezuela. It measures 32 kilometres (20 mi) long from its northwestern to its southeastern end and 10 kilometres (6 mi) across at its widest point. Together with Bonaire and Curaçao, Aruba forms a group referred to as the ABC islands. Collectively, Aruba and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean.

Aruban Peoples Party political party

The Aruban People's Party is a Christian democratic political party in Aruba founded in 1942. AVP is an acronym for the Dutch name of the party.

Estates of Aruba

The Estates of Aruba are the unicameral legislature or parliament of Aruba. The Estates have 21 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. Each member holds their seats until Parliament is dissolved which is every four years by a general election. The leader of the party who gains majority usually becomes the Prime Minister.

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Electoral system

The 21 members of the Estates were elected by open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. [1]

Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a party's candidates are elected. This as opposed to closed list, which allows only active members, party officials, or consultants to determine the order of its candidates and gives the general voter no influence at all on the position of the candidates placed on the party list. Additionally, an open list system allows voters to select individuals rather than parties. Different systems give voter different amounts of influence. Voter's choice is usually called preference vote.

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems in which divisions in an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. If n% of the electorate support a particular political party, then roughly n% of seats will be won by that party. The essence of such systems is that all votes contribute to the result - not just a plurality, or a bare majority. The most prevalent forms of proportional representation all require the use of multiple-member voting districts, as it is not possible to fill a single seat in a proportional manner. In fact, the implementations of PR that achieve the highest levels of proportionality tend to include districts with large numbers of seats.

Results

e    d PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Aruban People's Party 33,10357.2813+1
People's Electoral Movement 17,65330.547–1
Real Democracy Party 4,5187.8210
Network of Electoral Democracy 1,2092.0900
Patriotic Progressive Union8051.390New
Aruban Patriotic Party 5060.8800
Invalid/blank votes556
Total58,350100210
Registered voters/turnout68,75884.86
Source: Overheid

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