2005 Curaçao status referendum

none A status referendum was held on the island of Curaçao on 8 April 2005. van den Berg, Stephanie Curacao votes for more autonomy 2005-04-11 Caribbean Net News http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2005/04/11/autonomy.shtml 2007-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20070225145440/http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2005/04/11/autonomy.shtml 2007-02-25 dead The option of becoming an autonomous area within the Kingdom of the Netherlands was approved by 68% of voters.Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles), 8 April 2005: Status Direct Democracy de Background After the 1993 referendum failed to show support for a separate status for Curaçao, the government of the Netherlands Antilles tried to restructure the Netherlands Antilles and attempted to forge closer ties between the islands, as is exemplified by the adoption of an anthem of the Netherlands Antilles in 2000. A new referendum on Sint Maarten, which was in favour of a separate status for Sint Maarten as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, sparked a new series of referendums across the Netherlands Antilles, however. Curaçao was the last island to vote. Results Autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands 42425 Integration into the Netherlands 14769 Independence 3014 Remain part of the Netherlands Antilles 2342 474 114500 Direct Democracy See also Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles 2000 Sint Maarten status referendum 2004 Bonaire status referendum 2004 Saban status referendum 2005 Sint Eustatius status referendum References Category:Referendums in Curaçao Category:Referendums in the Netherlands Antilles Status referendum Curacao Category:Independence referendums Curacao