1983 Netherlands Antilles island council elections

none 1983 Netherlands Antilles island council elections Netherlands Antilles 1959 parliamentary no 1979 Netherlands Antilles island council elections 1979 1987 Netherlands Antilles island council elections 1987 All 68 seats in the island councils of Aruba (21), Bonaire (9), Curaçao (21), Saba (5), Sint Eustatius (5) and Sint Maarten (7) 29 April 1983 (ABC islands) 6 May 1983 (SSS islands) Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 29 April (ABC islands)http://www.historiadiaruba.aw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=62&lang=en Historia di Aruba 25 September 2017 Politieke partijen en verkiezingen Dutch and 6 May 1983 (SSS islands) to elect the members of the island councils of its six island territories. The election was won by the People's Electoral Movement (13 seats) in Aruba, the Bonaire Democratic Party (5 seats) in Bonaire, the New Antilles Movement (8 seats) in Curaçao, the Windward Islands People's Movement (4 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (3 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (5 seats) in Sint Maarten. Shooting of Betico Croes During the campaign in Aruba, an incident occurred at an illegally organized car parade of the People's Electoral Movement (MEP) in Santa Cruz on 24 April 1983. The rally was to be held on the same day as the car parade of the Aruban People's Party (AVP), but unlike the AVP, the MEP did not have permission from the local police.Betico Croes neergeschoten https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1983-04-25/edition/0/page/1 15 April 2022 Leidsch Dagblad 37070 Historische Kranten, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken 25 April 1983 1 nl When MEP leader Betico Croes began mobilizing 500 cars for the parade, a warning shot was fired by a police officer. A second shot hit Croes in the abdomen. Croes was taken to the Dr. Horacio E. Oduber Hospital in Oranjestad, where his spleen was removed and the bleeding was stopped. Directly after the shooting, riots occurred, in response to which Lieutenant Governor Pedro Bislip ordered to close all bars and prohibit the sale of alcohol on the island until further notice. Five days later, the MEP won the election with 57.9% of the popular vote. Results Aruba People's Electoral Movement 20798 13 +1 Aruban People's Party 8102 5 +1 Aruban Patriotic Party 5354 3 0 Aruban Democratic Party 1644 0 New 0 CBSStatistical Yearbook Netherlands Antilles 1983 1984 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles 20 https://digitallibrary.cbs.cw/CBS0000005/00030/34x Bonaire Bonaire Democratic Party 2371 5 +1 Bonaire Patriotic Union 2184 4 −1 United Bonaire Progressive Party 246 0 0 New Action Party 168 0 0 CBS Curaçao New Antilles Movement 23391 8 +2 National People's Party 23249 7 +2 Democratic Party 14799 5 –1 Workers' Liberation Front 4503 1 0 Social Democratic Party 1744 0 −3 META 1444 0 0 104328 CBS Saba The result was a victory for the Windward Islands People's Movement, which won four of the five seats in the Island Council of Saba.Johnson Will Dreaming Big 2006 Falstaff Media Alkmaar 9077751327 70–72, 175–176De Sabanen hebben druk gebruik gemaakt van hun stemrecht. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010640878:mpeg21:a0128 Amigoe 10 May 1983 7 DutchWIPM op Saba verliest 1 zetel Onbedreigde winnaar DP op Sint Maarten https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010640876:mpeg21:a0107 Amigoe 7 May 1983 8 Dutch Windward Islands People's Movement 470 4 –1 Democratic Party #A81B8D 137 1 New 0 CBS Sint Eustatius Democratic Party 400 3 +1 Windward Islands People's Movement 355 2 −1 0 CBS, Algemeen DagbladRoer niet om op Bovenwindse Antillen https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:003001007:mpeg21:a00036 15 April 2022 Algemeen Dagblad Delpher 9 May 1983 3 nl Sint Maarten The Island Council seats increased from five to seven. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won five of the seven Island Council seats.Lynch Edgar H. Lynch Julian C. Know Your Political History 1999 House of Nehesi Publ. Philipsburg, St. Martin 0913441325 42, 52, 185–186 Rev. Democratic Party 3342 5 +2 Sint Maarten Patriotic Movement 1443 2 0 Partido Pro Penshonado 191 0 New New Electoral Movement of Antilles 23 0 New +2 CBS References Local elections and referendums in the Netherlands Antilles collapsed Netherlands Antilles island council elections Island council elections Netherlands Antilles island council elections Netherlands Antilles island council elections Category:Elections in the Netherlands Antilles Category:Elections in Aruba Category:Elections in Bonaire Category:Elections in Curaçao Category:Elections in Saba (island) Category:Elections in Sint Eustatius Category:Elections in Sint Maarten