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1999 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
Island council elections were held in the
Netherlands Antilles on 7 May (
Curaçao ,
Saba and
Sint Eustatius ) and 21 May 1999 (
Sint Maarten ) to elect the members of the
island councils of its five
island territories . The election was won by the
Party for the Restructured Antilles (5 seats) in Curaçao, the
Windward Islands People's Movement (4 seats) in Saba, the
Sint Eustatius Alliance (3 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the
Democratic Party (7 seats) in Sint Maarten.
[1]
Results
Bonaire
Curaçao
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Party for the Restructured Antilles 15,948 22.60 5 –3
National People's Party 15,616 22.13 5 +1
Workers' Liberation Front 12,631 17.90 4 +2
People's Crusade Labour Party 11,938 16.92 4 New
New Antilles Movement 6,851 9.71 2 –4
Organisashon pa Restorashon di Un i Tur 3,739 5.30 1 New
Democratic Party 2,931 4.15 0 –1
Nos Patria 909 1.29 0 0 Total 70,563 100.00 21 0 Registered voters/turnout 124,572 – Source: Hoofdstembureau Curaçao,
[4] NRC Handelsblad
[5]
Saba
Sint Eustatius
Sint Maarten
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"Curaçao kiest voor een zachte hand" .
NRC Handelsblad .
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"Eerdere verkiezingen" . Hoofdstembureau Curaçao (in Dutch).
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"Curaçao naar de stembus: voor of tegen de premier" .
NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch).
Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 5 March 2021 .
^
"Saba" . FindRecord.ru . Archived from
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ISBN
0913441325 .
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ISBN
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"History of Sint Maarten" . CaribTourism.net . Archived from
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ISBN
0913441325 .
Local elections and referendums in the Netherlands Antilles