National Alliance (Sint Maarten)

National Alliance
Leader	Silveria Jacobs
Deputy Leader	Rodolphe Samuel
President	Cedric James
Founded	2002
Merger of	Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance National Progressive Party
Youth wing	NA Youth Wing
Ideology	Social democracy [1]
Political position	Centre-left
Colors	White, rainbow
Parliament of Sint Maarten	3 / 15
Website
https://nationalalliance.sx/
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The National Alliance (Dutch : Nationale Alliantie) is a political party in Sint Maarten, formed by the Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance (SPA) and the National Progressive Party (NPP). It is one of main political parties within Sint Maarten. ^{[2] [3]} At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the alliance won 4.8% of the popular vote of Sint Maarten and 1 out of 22 seats. At the elections in the Netherlands Antilles of 27 January 2006, it won one extra seat.

After Sint Maarten became a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 2010, NA was part of the coalition of the Second Wescott-Williams Cabinet (2012–2013) ^[4] and the party leader William Marlin was Prime Minister in two cabinets between 2015 and 2017 (First and Second Marlin Cabinet. After the island was hit by Hurricane Irma in September 2017, Marlin and several of his ministers received a motion of no confidence in the Sint Maarten parliament due to his role in the negotiations with the Netherlands for aid funds and the anti fraud measures. While Marlin offered his resignation after the first motion of no confidence, he did not step down after the second, and the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom eventually instructed governor Eugene Holiday to immediately accept the resignation of the prime minister and replace him. ^[5] The coalition remains the same, and new elections were ordered.

On 3 January 2018 Silveria Jacobs was elected as the new party leader with Rodolphe Samuel as its deputy. ^[6]

Election results

Netherlands Antilles Island Council elections

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2003	William Marlin	3,943	38.78%	4 / 11	New
2007		5,542	41.33%	5 / 11	1

Sint Maarten general elections

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Status
2010	William Marlin	6,273	45.87%	7 / 15	2	Opposition (2010-2012)
						Coalition (2012-2014)
2014		4,011	27.66%	4 / 15	3	Opposition (2014-2015)
						Coalition (2015-2016)
2016		3,778	26.59%	5 / 15	1	Coalition (2016-2017)
						Opposition (2017-2018)
2018	Silveria Jacobs	4,139	30.54%	5 / 15	0	Opposition (2018-2019)
						Coalition (2019-2020)
2020		4,715	35.29%	6 / 15	1	Coalition
Jan 2024		3,455	23.92%	4 / 15	2	Opposition
Aug 2024		2,262	16.52%	3 / 15	1	TBA

References

1. "Loekie Morales: "Housing and jobs first!"". 11 January 2018.
2. List of political parties in Sint Maarten
3. 2014, July 7. 8 political parties registered for elections, Today, 15, 149.
4. "New ministers sworn in, NA-led Govt takes office". The Daily Herald. 2012-05-22. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018.
5. Dept., Editorial. "UPDATE Kingdom Government orders Marlin's dismissal". www.thedailyherald.sx. Archived from the original on 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
6. "NA elects its first woman leader under theme 'Always Progressing'". The Daily Herald. 4 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

See also

• List of political parties in Sint Maarten
• Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance
• National Progressive Party
• Sint Maartin