2014 Sint Maarten general election

none Sint Maarten 29 August 2014 2010 2016 All 15 seats in Parliament 69.16% ( 2.31pp) 8 UPP Theo Heyliger 6 42.67 7 National Alliance (Sint Maarten) William Marlin 7 27.86 4 Democratic Party Sint Maarten Sarah Wescott-Williams 2 16.09 2 United St. Maarten Party Frans Richardson New 11.31 2 Prime Minister Sarah Wescott-Williams Democratic Party Sint Maarten Marcel Gumbs UPP General elections were held in Sint Maarten on 29 August 2014.Country of Sint Maarten IFES They were the first elections since Sint Maarten became a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 2010, at which point the Island Council became the Estates. The result was a victory for the United People's Party, which won seven of the 15 seats in the Estates.Omstreden UP'er wint op St Maarten NOS. 30 August 2014 Electoral system The 15 seats in the Estates were elected by proportional representation.The Constitution https://web.archive.org/web/20140802164819/http://www.sxmparliament.org/about-parliament/the-constitution.html 2014-08-02 Estates of Sint Maarten In order to participate in the election, a party was required to obtain at least 138 signatures; 1% of the valid votes of the 2010 Island Council elections.https://caribischnetwerk.ntr.nl/2014/07/16/deelnemers-verkiezingen-sint-maarten-bekend/ Dutch Caribisch Netwerk 8 August 2014 Deelnemers Verkiezingen Sint Maarten bekend 16 July 2014 Hilbert Haar Campaign Five parties secured the required number of signatures to contest the elections; the Democratic Party Sint Maarten (DP), the National Alliance (NA), the One St. Maarten People Party (OSPP), the United People's Party (UP) and the United St. Maarten Party (US). The DP, NA, UP and US were easily able to get the necessary signatures, whilst the OSPP only narrowly qualified. The Social Reform Party led by Jacinto Mock, a former National Alliance candidate, obtained fewer than 80 signatures, and was initially declared unable to run. However, it did ultimately contest the elections. Results File:Sint Maarten Estates 2014.svg United People's Party 6211 7 +1 National Alliance 4055 4 –3 Democratic Party 2342 2 0 United St. Maarten Party 1647 2 New One St. Maarten People Party 169 0 New Social Reform Party 132 0 New #223584 191 80 0 21439 Government of Sint Maartenhttps://www.sintmaartengov.org/Ministries/Departments/Election%20Results/SXM%20Parliament%20Elections%20%2029Aug2014%20%20HL22%20PARTY%20TOTALS%20%20030914.pdf Parliament elections August 29, 2014 Government of Sint Maarten References Category:Elections in Sint Maarten Sint Maarten General election Sint Maarten