Curaçao general election, 2016

General elections were held in Curaçao on 5 October 2016, having been postponed from the original 30 September date due to Hurricane Matthew.^[1][2] A total of thirteen parties participated.^[3]

Electoral system

The 21 members of the Estates are elected by proportional representation.^[4] Parties that won seats in the previous elections are allowed to participate, whilst primary elections are held to determine which other parties can run, with parties required to receive the equivalent of 1% of the vote at the previous elections in order to participate.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held prior to the elections for new parties or parties that had failed to win seats in the previous elections in 2012, with parties having to obtain the equivalent of 1% of the vote in the previous elections;^[5] i.e. 870 votes.

The primary elections took place on 20 and 21 August 2016, with seven of the fifteen participating parties qualifying:^[6]

Party	Abbreviation	Leader	Votes	Notes
Kòrsou di nos tur		Amparo dos Santos	2,178	Qualified for the main elections
Movementu Patriótiko i Adelanto Sosial	PAS	Charles Cooper	1,543	Qualified for the main elections
Un Korsou Hustu		Omayra Leeflang	1,361	Qualified for the main elections
Movementu Progresivo		Marylin Moses	1,240	Qualified for the main elections
Movementu Kousa Promé		Rene Rosalia	1,122	Qualified for the main elections
Democratic Party	DP	Geraldine Parris	1,094	Qualified for the main elections
Partido pro Kòrsou		Ivar Asjes	965	Qualified for the main elections
Party Workers' Liberation Front 30 May	FOL		622
Partido Reskate Integral Kòrsou	PRIK		505
1 TIM MAGNO			378
Partido Aliansa Nobo			280
Movementu Revelashon Binti	R16		273
Partido GOOL			205
Fórsa Elevá/Partido Kooperativista	FE/PKP		62
Korsou, Un Pais Nobo	UPN		49

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Partido MAN	12,839	16.23	4	+2
	Movement for the Future of Curaçao	12,671	16.01	4	–1
	Party for the Restructured Antilles	11,949	15.10	4	0
	Korsou di Nos Tur	8,254	10.43	3	New
	National People's Party	7,017	8.87	2	+1
	Sovereign People	5,323	6.73	2	–3
	Un Korsou Hustu	4,845	6.12	1	New
	Movementu Progresivo	4,140	5.23	1	New
	Partido pa Adelanto I Inovashon Soshal	3,654	4.62	0	–4
	Movementu Patriótiko i Adelanto Sosial	3,452	4.36	0	New
	Democratic Party	1,963	2.48	0	0
	Movementu Kousa Promé	1,867	2.36	0	New
	Pro Korsou	1,146	1.45	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		1,046	–	–	–
Total		79,014	100	21	0
Registered voters/turnout				–	–
Source: KSE

References

1. Elections now on Wednesday Daily Herald - Sint Maarten, 30 September 2016
2. Announcement Government Of Curaçao: Date Elections 2016 Curaçao Chronicle, 3 February 2016
3. "Zeven partijen door naar 30 september" (in Dutch). Antilliaans Dagblad. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
4. Political structure The Economist Intelligence Unit
5. Chairman of Curacao electoral council discusses upcoming general election Caribbean News Now, 12 July 2016
6. "Ondersteuning van kandidatentlijsten voor de Statenverkiezing van 30 september 2016 op 20 en 21 augustus 2016 Voorlopige uitkomst" (PDF). Hoofdstembureau Curaçao (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 August 2016.