1999 Netherlands Antilles island council elections

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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


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]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Windward Islands People's Movement	400	70.67	4	+2
	Saba Labour Party	126	22.26	1	New
	Democratic Party of Saba	40	7.07	0	New
Total		566	100.00	5	0

Source: FindRecord.ru,^[6] Lynch & Lynch^[7]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sint Eustatius Alliance	541	49.50	3	+1
	Democratic Party	452	41.35	2	–1
	St. Eustatius Action Movement	100	9.15	0	0
Total		1,093	100.00	5	0

Source: Lynch & Lynch^[8]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party	5,601	54.42	7	+2
	Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance	2,862	27.81	3	–2
	National Progressive Party	1,259	12.23	1	New
	Serious Alternative People's Party	423	4.11	0	–1
	Decision 1999	76	0.74	0	New
	PRLP	64	0.62	0	New
	St. Maarten Liberation Movement	7	0.07	0	New
Total		10,292	100.00	11	0

Source: CaribTourism.net,^[9] Lynch & Lynch^[10]

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^ "Eerdere verkiezingen". Hoofdstembureau Curaçao (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ Vries, Guido de (7 May 1999). "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 the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. p. 194. ISBN 0913441325.
^ Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. p. 195. ISBN 0913441325.
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