2005 Aruban general election

2005 Aruban general election

23 September 2005
All 21 seats in Parliament 11 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Nelson Oduber Mike Eman Party PEM AVP Seats before 12 6 Seats won 11 8 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 22,002 16,725 Percentage 42.87% 32.59% Swing 9.61 6.01   Third party Fourth party   MPA Leader Rudy Lampe Party MPA RED Seats before — — Seats won 1 1 Seat change New New Popular vote 3,661 3,330 Percentage 7.13% 6.49% Swing New New
Prime Minister before election Nelson Oduber PEM Elected Prime Minister Nelson Oduber PEM

General elections were held in Aruba on 23 September 2005. They were won by the People's Electoral Movement, which took 11 of the 21 seats in the Estates.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Electoral Movement	22,002	42.87	11	–1
	Aruban People's Party	16,725	32.59	8	+2
	Aruban Patriotic Movement	3,661	7.13	1	New
	Democratic Network	3,330	6.49	1	New
	Real Democracy	2,414	4.70	0	New
	Aruban Liberal Organization	1,725	3.36	0	–1
	Aruban Patriotic Party	1,092	2.13	0	–2
	ADA–MSA	237	0.46	0	0
	PPT/SB	131	0.26	0	0
Total		51,317	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		51,317	98.71
Invalid/blank votes		673	1.29
Total votes		51,990	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		60,635	85.74
Source: Overheid