1949 Netherlands Antilles general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 17 March 1949. This was the first parliamentary election in the Netherlands Antilles after the introduction of universal suffrage. At previous elections ten of the fifteen seats in the Estates of Curaçao were elected, with the remaining five appointed by the governor. This time the elections were about 21 seats in the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles and no seats were appointed by the governor. The 21 elected seats consisted of eight for Curaçao, eight for Aruba, two for Bonaire and one for each of the three SSS Islands. Results y Island National People's Party Curaçao 13224 4 Democratic Party Curaçao 10006 3 Aruban People's Party Aruba 6257 5 Catholic People's Party Curaçao 5305 1 Aruban National Union Aruba 4799 3 Curaçaoan Independent Party Curaçao 2165 0 List 3 Bonaire 952 1 List 1 Bonaire 483 1 List 2 Bonaire 317 0 List 2 Saba 281 1 List 1 Sint Eustatius 169 1 List 1 Saba 104 0 List 2 Sint Eustatius 97 0 Kwartsz List Aruba 51 0 List 1 Sint Maarten 1 53529 Curaçao Population: 95,195 (31 December 1948) Entitled to vote: 37,688 Valid votes: 30,700 Invalid votes: 476 Seats: 8 Average valid votes per seat: 3,837.5 # Candidate Total per list Votes Result National People's Party (NVP) 1 M.F. da Costa Gomez 13,224 12,834 Elected 2 H.G.M. Pieters Kwiers 109 Elected 3 E. Cohen Henriquez 20 Elected 4 J. van Toorn 5 Elected 5 Mrs. A.A. de Lannoy-Elisabeth 19 - 6 E.C.B. Bartels Daal 13 - 7 J.I. Boom 3 - 8 E. Rozendaal4 - 9 J.R.A. Simoons 45 - 10 M.E. Dovale 2 - 11 W.R. Plantz 3 - 12 E.M. Newton ?? - 13 B.Ph. Römer 5 - Democratic Party (DP) 1 E. Jonckheer 10,006 7,833 Elected 2 C.D. Kroon 54 Elected 3 S.W. van der Meer 45 - 4 R.J. Isa 13 - 5 C.H.W. Hueck 22 - 6 H.L. Braam 1,848 Elected 7 P.H. Maal 76 - 8 Mrs. L.C. van der Linde-Helmijr 2 - 9 C.G. da Costa Gomez ? - 10 J.B. Rosario 0? - 11 Miss C.C. van Uyten 15 - 12 R. Martinez 8 - 13 R. Beaujon 85 - Catholic People's Party (KVP) 1 I.C. Debrot 5,305 4,341 Elected 2 Mrs. A. Henriquez-Con 124 - 3 A.M. Smit 100 - 4 Miss A.M. van der Dijs 25 - 5 P. Möhlmann 603 - 6 M.R.W.B. Berkenveld 41 - 7 Miss M.M.J. de Lannoy 14 - 8 E.J. Morkos 57 - Curaçaoan Independent Party (COP) 1 H.B.C. Schotborgh 2,165 893 - 2 P. van der Hoeven 1,066 - 3 C. Lopez Delvalle 107 - 4 R.R. Muskus 10 - 5 Mrs. E. Nieuwstraten-Fränkel 15 - 6 J.W. v.d. Meulen 6 - 7 W. Meijer 38 - 8 O.W. Rigaud 30 - Aruba Population: 51,110 (31 December 1948) Entitled to vote: 12,819 Valid votes: 11,107 Invalid votes: 288 Seats: 8 Average valid votes per seat: 1,388 3/8https://archive.org/details/BNADIGARUBAANSECOURANT19501228/page/n1/mode/2up Uitslag stemmingen gehouden op 17 maart 1949 1950-12-28 De Arubaanse Courant on Internet Archive Dutch # Candidate Total per list Votes Result Aruban People's Party (AVP) 1 J.H.A. Eman 6,257 5,690 Elected 2 J.E. Irausquin 192 Elected 3 P. Croes 120 Elected 4 J. Geerman 107 Elected 5 M.E. de Cuba 34 Elected 6 A.J. Flanegin 17 - 7 G. Croes 3 - 8 A.E. Wever 9 - 9 H.P. Oduber 9 - 10 A.O. Scholten 10 - 11 J.J.P. Oduber 66 - Aruban National Union (UNA) 1 F.B. Tromp 4,799 2,415 Elected 2 A.F. Dussenbroek 396 Elected 3 M.S. Arends 88 Elected 4 G. Amelink 87 - 5 Mrs. L.S. Wernet-Paskel 13 - 6 J.V. de Cuba 190 - 7 T.D. Luydens 16 - 8 H.P.E. Ecury 137 - 9 A. Werleman 37 - 10 R.M. Robles 699 - 11 C. Maduro 24 - 12 G.J. Schouten 258 - 13 W. Nisbet 439 - Kwartsz List 1 F.J.Q. Kwartsz 51 51 - Bonaire Population: 4,995 (31 December 1948) Entitled to vote: 2,224 Valid votes: 1,752 Seats: 2 Average valid votes per seat: 876 # Candidate Total per list Votes Result List 1 1 M. Marchena483 456 Elected 2 M.L. Booi 27 - List 2 1 E. Newton 317 149 - 2 C. Hellmund 168 - List 3 1 J.A. Abraham 952 229 - 2 W. Booi 42 - 3 L.D. Gerharts 522 Elected 4 M. de Bruin 45 - 5 C.L. Neuman 36 - 6 J.L. Ramirez 3 - 7 E. Sint Jago 75 - Saba Population: 1.125 (31 December 1948) Entitled to vote: 451 Valid votes: 385 Invalid votes: 15 Seats: 1 # Candidate Total per list Votes Result List 1 1 M.R.W.B. Berkenveld 104 8 - 2 Th. van Hugh Hassell 96 - List 2 1 W.G. Buncamper 281 101 - 2 W.R. Plantz 1 - 3 C.E.W. Voges 179 Elected Sint Eustatius Population: 921 (31 December 1948) Entitled to vote: 347 Valid votes: 266 Invalid votes: 15 Seats: 1 # Candidate Total per list Votes Result List 1 1 G.F.E. Cruger 169 154 Elected 2 C.G. Buncamper 0 - 3 W.R. Plantz 15 - List 2 1 P.H. Maal 97 89 - 2 S. Rogers 8 - Sint Maarten Population: 1,568 (31 December 1948) Entitled to vote: 578 Valid votes: n.a. (only one list of candidates) Seats: 1 # Candidate Result List 1 1 W.R. Plantz Elected 2 C.E.W. Voges - 3 L.R. Carthy - 4 W.G. Buncamper - Aftermath The new session of the Estates started on 18 April 1949. At this election women could not only for the first time vote for the parliament, there were also female candidates. None of them however were elected. After M.F. da Costa Gomez gave up his position in the parliament to join the 'College van Algemeen Bestuur' (CAB; early stage of the Council of Ministers), De Lannoy-Elisabeth succeeded him mid 1949 and became the first female member of the parliament in the Netherlands Antilles.Algemeen Handelsblad, 27 May 1949 Plantz also joined the CAB and was succeeded by Buncamper. Kroon left the parliament and because Van der Meer turned down the opportunity to succeed him, Isa could become a member of the Estates. At the end of 1949 Arends was succeeded by Amelink and Plantz returned after Buncamper gave up his seat in the parliament. References Amigoe di Curaçao, 2 February 1949 Amigoe di Curaçao, 18 March 1949 Amigoe di Curaçao, 19 March 1949 De verkiezingen in de Nederlandse Antillen (B. de Gaay Fortman), De West-Indische gids, 1949 Onderhorigheid en separatisme, Luc Alofs, 2011 expanded Category:Elections in the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles Category:March 1949 in North America