United People's Party (Sint Maarten)

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United People's Party
Leader Omar E.C. Ottley [1]
Founded24 July 2010;14 years ago (24 July 2010)
11 April 2010;15 years ago (11 April 2010) [2]
Youth wing UP Next
Political position Centre-right [3]
National affiliation United Democrats (2017–2020)
Colours  Green
Parliament of Sint Maarten
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Website
UPParty.sx
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Original party logo

The United People's Party (Dutch : Verenigde Volkspartij) is a political party in Sint Maarten founded in 2010. [4] [5]

Contents

UP Next

In 2014, the youth arm of the United People’s Party, “UP Next”, was launched at the Hard Rock Café in Phillipsburg, Sint Maarten. [6]

Election results

General elections

ElectionLeaderVotes %Seats+/–Status
2010 Theo Heyliger4,93636.09%
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NewCoalition (2010-2012)
Opposition (2012-2014)
2014 6,15642.46%
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Increase2.svg 1Coalition (2014-2015)
Opposition (2015-2016)
2016 4,13029.06%
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Decrease2.svg 2Opposition (2016-2017)
Coalition (2017-2018)
2018 Merged into United Democrats
2020 Theo Heyliger3,23124.18%
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Decrease2.svg 3Coalition
Jan 2024 Rolando Brison2,81419.48%
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Decrease2.svg 1Opposition
Aug 2024 Omar Ottley2,03814.92%
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Decrease2.svg 1TBA

See also

References

  1. ↑ "MP Ottley congratulates electorate and looks to a united path Forward after historic nine-party Parliamentary Election". Saint Martin News Network. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "UP party and campaign for Sept 17 elections launched". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Pieters, Danny (2021). Social security law in small jurisdictions. The World of Small States. Vol. 8. Springer. p. 226. ISBN   978-3-030-78247-4. OCLC   1264715128.
  4. ↑ "UP biggest, but NA, US, DP sign accord". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "No confidence motion passed against Council of Ministers". The Daily Herald. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015.
  6. ↑ "UP Next (youth wing of the United People's Party) launched at Hard Rock Café". The Today Newspaper. Retrieved 28 November 2014.


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