Curaçao general election, 2017

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Curaçao general election, 2017
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Turnout 66.40%

Party Leader% Seats±
PAR Eugene Rhuggenaath 23.3 6 +2
MAN Hensley Koeiman 20.4 5 +1
MFK Gerrit Schotte 19.9 5 +1
KdNT Amparo dos Santos 9.4 2 -1
PIN Suzanne Camelia-Römer 5.3 1 New
PS Jaime Córdoba 5.1 1 -1
MP Marilyn Moses 4.9 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before
Gilmar Pisas
MFK

Early general elections were held in Curaçao on 28 April 2017 after the fall of the government led by Hensley Koeiman.

Curaçao island country in the Caribbean, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Curaçao is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km (40 mi) north of the Venezuelan coast. It is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Hensley Felix Koeiman is a Curaçaoan politician who was Prime Minister of Curaçao between 23 December 2016 and 24 March 2017. A member of the Partido MAN, he was Minister of Social Affairs, Employment and Welfare in the Gerrit Schotte cabinet. Afterwards Koeiman served in the Estates of Curaçao from the 2012 general election until his appointment as Prime Minister. Since 29 May 2017 he has been Minister of Social Affairs, Employment and Welfare in the Eugene Rhuggenaath cabinet.

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Background

The previous general elections in 2016 resulted in the formation of a four-party coalition government consisting of MAN, the Real Alternative Party (PAR), the National People's Party (PNP) and Sovereign People (PS), headed by Hensley Koeiman of MAN. [1] However, the PS withdrew from the coalition on 11 February 2017, causing it to lose its majority. Prime Minister Koeiman subsequently submitted his resignation to the governor. [2] On 24 March 2017 Gilmar Pisas was sworn in as interim Prime Minister. [3]

Partido MAN is a political party in Curaçao founded in 1971, which has five of the 21 seats of the Estates of Curaçao after the Curaçao general election of 2017. In the elections preceding the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles the party gained two seats as well and joined the coalition government.

The Party for the Restructured Antilles is a political party in Curaçao. Since 2016 it has participated in elections as the Partido Alternativa Real. With six seats the party is the largest party in the Estates of Curaçao, following the 2017 elections. With eight seats, PAR was the largest party in the first Estates of Curaçao, established in 2010 upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.

Electoral system

The 21 members of the Estates are elected by proportional representation. [4] Parties that won at least one seat in the 2016 election were allowed to participate and a primary election was held to determine which other parties could run. These parties were required to win the equivalent of 1% of the votes casted in the previous general election in order to participate.

Estates of Curaçao

The Parliament of Curaçao consist of 21 members, each elected for a four-year term in a general election. The first Parliament was installed on 10 October 2010, the date of the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, and consisted of the members of the island council elected on 27 August 2010.

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.

Primary election

A total of 14 parties registered to contest the election. Six parties were without parliamentary representation and had to participate in the primary election on 18 and 19 March 2017. [5] Parties that managed to win more than 792 votes (1% of the total votes in the 2016 election) qualified to participate in the election.

PartyLeaderVotes% of 2016 turnout Qualified
Partido Inovashon Nashonal Suzy Camelia-Römer 2,6603.36Yes
Movementu Kousa ProméRené Rosalia1,2181.54Yes
Workers' Liberation Front–Partido Aliansa NoboAmado Rojer1,1241.42Yes
Democratic Party Geraldine Scheperboer-Parris6030.76No
Movementu PUSH KòrsouYdellienne Heerenveen5010.63No
Liberashon Klàsiko Komunidat di Kòrsou8590.14No
Total valid votes6,219
Source: Supreme Electoral Council of Curaçao

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Real Alternative Party 18,36823.36+2
Partido MAN 16,07020.45+1
Movement for the Future of Curaçao 15,70619.95+1
Kòrsou di Nos Tur 7,4399.42−1
Partido Inovashon Nashonal 4,2005.31New
Sovereign People 4,0285.11−1
Movementu Progresivo 3,8804.910
Un Kòrsou Hustu 3,2064.10−1
National People's Party 3,0993.90−2
Movementu Kousa Promé1,9752.500
Workers' Front–PAN8591.10New
Invalid/blank votes1,138–––
Total79,968100210
Eligible to vote/turnout120,43066.40––
Source: Supreme Electoral Council of Curaçao

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References

  1. ↑ Tension Between Coalition Partners Curaçao Chronicle, 9 February 2017
  2. ↑ Curacao govt. collapses; new elections coming in April NL Times, 13 February 2017
  3. ↑ "Pisas beëdigd als nieuwe premier Curaçao" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 24 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Political structure The Economist Intelligence Unit
  5. ↑ Update: 14 Parties Participate In The Upcoming Election Curaçao Chronicle, 9 March 2017
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