1991 Netherlands Antilles island council elections

Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 12 April 1991 to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. The election was won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union (6 seats) in Bonaire, the National People's Party (10 seats) in Curaçao, the Windward Islands People's Movement (4 seats) in Saba, and the Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance (4 seats) in Sint Maarten.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Bonaire Patriotic Union	2,759	52.16	6
	Bonaire Social Party	1,080	20.42	2
	Bonaire Democratic Party	807	15.26	1
	Bonaire Workers' Party	487	9.21	0
	Caribbean Alliance for Solidarity	156	2.95	0
Total		5,289	100.00	9

Valid votes		5,289	97.66
Invalid/blank votes		127	2.34
Total votes		5,416	100.00
Source: Amigoe^[1]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National People's Party	33,164	47.02	10	+2
	Workers' Liberation Front–Soshal Independiente	16,603	23.54	5	+2
	New Antilles Movement	10,360	14.69	3	–3
	Democratic Party	6,624	9.39	2	–2
	Nos Patria	3,780	5.36	1	New
Total		70,531	100.00	21	0

Source: Amigoe,^[2]^[3] Hoofdstembureau Curaçao^[4]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Windward Islands People's Movement	437	71.99	4	+2
	Saba Democratic Labour Movement	170	28.01	1	–2
Total		607	100.00	5	0

Source: Johnson^[5]

The Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance (SPA) led by Vance James Jr. emerged as the largest party, winning 4 of the 9 seats. The SPA and the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) agreed to form a coalition government. On 28 August 1991 the SPA–PDP government collapsed. PDP political leader Millicent Acuna Lopez-de Weever said that "fundamental philosophical differences" with the SPA caused the coalition "to break".


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance	3,457	40.06	4	+2
	Democratic Party	2,837	32.88	3	–4
	Progressive Democratic Party	1,745	20.22	2	New
	National Reformation Party	438	5.08	0	New
	United Democratic Party	69	0.80	0	New
	Antillean National Movement	36	0.42	0	New
	People's Electoral Movement	28	0.32	0	New
	Partido Pro Penshonado	19	0.22	0	New
Total		8,629	100.00	9	0

Source: Lynch & Lynch^[6]

^ "UPB met klinkende uitslag naar abslolute [sic] meerderheid". Amigoe (in Dutch). Delpher. 13 April 1991. p. 11. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ "PNP-FOL/SI twee keer zoveel stemmen als DP-MAN-NP samen". Amigoe (in Dutch). Delpher. 13 May 1991. p. 3. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Kiezers in '91 onvriendelijk jegens lijsttrekkers". Amigoe (in Dutch). Delpher. 15 April 1991. p. 3. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Eerdere verkiezingen". Hoofdstembureau Curaçao (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ Johnson, Will (2006). Dreaming big. Alkmaar: Falstaff Media. pp. 77–78, 178–179. ISBN 9077751327.
^ Edgar H. Lynch & Julian C. Lynch (1999). Know Your Political History – Revised Edition. House of Nehesi Publishers, pp. 45–48, 63, 187–188.