2000 Sint Maarten status referendum

A status referendum was held on the island of Sint Maarten on 22 June 2000. Cahoon, Benjamin M Islands of the Netherlands Antilles: Sint Maarten World Statesmen http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Netherlands_Antilles_islands.html#Sint%20Maarten https://web.archive.org/web/20070220165358/http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Netherlands_Antilles_islands.html#Sint%20Maarten 2007-02-20 2007-02-02 Background After the 1994 referendum failed to show support for a separate status for Sint Maarten, the island council of Sint Maarten organized a new referendum in June 2000. This referendum came out in favour of a separate status for Sint Maarten as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and sparked a new series of referendums across the Netherlands Antilles. Results I am in favor of: Sint Maarten maintaining its present status; Sint Maarten remaining a part of a restructured Netherlands Antilles; Sint Maarten becoming a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Sint Maarten becoming an independent country.Sint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles), 23 June 2000: Status Direct Democracy de ChoiceVotes%Maintaining the present status3323.72Remaining a part of a restructured Netherlands Antilles1,05011.82Becoming a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands6,21269.98Independence1,28214.44Invalid/blank votes145–Total9,021100Registered voters/turnout16,19355.70Source: Direct Democracy See also Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles 2004 Bonaire status referendum 2004 Saban status referendum 2005 Curaçao status referendum 2005 Sint Eustatius status referendum References Category:Referendums in Sint Maarten Category:Referendums in the Netherlands Antilles Category:2000 in the Netherlands Antilles Category:2000 referendums Sint Maarten Category:June 2000 in North America