1995 Netherlands Antilles island council elections

Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 7 April (Bonaire and Sint Maarten)^[1] and 12 May 1995 (Curaçao, Saba and Sint Eustatius)^[2] to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. The election was won by the Bonaire Democratic Party (5 seats) in Bonaire, the Party for the Restructured Antilles (8 seats) in Curaçao, the Saba Democratic Labour Movement (3 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (3 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (7 seats) in Sint Maarten.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Party for the Restructured Antilles	24,055	34.18	8	New
	New Antilles Movement	19,561	27.79	6	+3
	National People's Party	11,906	16.92	4	–6
	Workers' Liberation Front	6,841	9.72	2	–3
	Democratic Party	4,654	6.61	1	–1
	Soshal Independiente	1,719	2.44	0	0
	Nos Patria	1,649	2.34	0	–1
Total		70,385	100.00	21	0

Registered voters/turnout			59.9
Source: Hoofdstembureau Curaçao,^[3] NRC Handelsblad^[4]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Saba Democratic Labour Movement	346	54.75	3	+2
	Windward Islands People's Movement	286	45.25	2	–2
Total		632	100.00	5	0

Source: Johnson^[5]


Party		Seats
	Democratic Party	3
	Sint Eustatius Alliance	2
	St. Eustatius Action Movement	0
Total		5

Source: Lynch & Lynch^[6]

The Democratic Party and the Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance both won five seats, with the other seat in the 11-seat island council going to the Serious Alternative People's Party. The DP and SAPP agreed to form a coalition government.^[7]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party	4,323	45.81	5	+2
	Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance	4,177	44.26	5	+1
	Serious Alternative People's Party	861	9.12	1	New
	Progressive Labour Movement	76	0.81	0	New
Total		9,437	100.00	11	+2

Valid votes		9,437	98.96
Invalid/blank votes		99	1.04
Total votes		9,536	100.00
Source: CaribTourism.net,^[7] Lynch & Lynch,^[8] Amigoe^[9]^[10]

^ ^a ^b "Winst democraten eilandraad Bonaire". Het Parool (in Dutch). Delpher. 10 April 1995. p. 2. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ "Partij Pourier ook op Curaçao aan de macht". Reformatorisch Dagblad. Digibron. 15 May 1995. p. 3. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
^ "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.
^ Johnson, Will (2006). Dreaming big. Alkmaar: Falstaff Media. pp. 79–80, 179–180. ISBN 9077751327.
^ Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. p. 195. ISBN 0913441325.
^ ^a ^b "History of Sint Maarten". CaribTourism.net. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. pp. 191–193. ISBN 0913441325.
^ "Vier partijen dingen naar elf raadszetels". Amigoe (in Dutch). Delpher. 6 April 1995. p. 9. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ "Nieuwe partij op St. Maarten". Amigoe (in Dutch). Delpher. 28 February 1995. p. 2. Retrieved 21 May 2021.