2010 Netherlands Antilles general election

2010 general election in the Netherlands General elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 22 January 2010.January 22 is tentative date for parliamentary elections http://www.thedailyherald.com/news/daily/m096/elecdatem096.html Netherlands Antilles Daily Herald 2009-10-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100127182246/http://www.thedailyherald.com/news/daily/m096/elecdatem096.html January 27, 2010 Komunikado di Prensa Elections Parliament January 22, 2010 http://news.caribseek.com/Curacao/article_81310.shtml Caribseek Curaçao News 2009-09-17 2009-10-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110708121829/http://news.caribseek.com/Curacao/article_81310.shtml July 8, 2011 Voters elected the 22 members of the Estates, or parliament, of the Netherlands Antilles. It has been the country's last general election, as the Netherlands Antilles have ceased to exist as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010.Netherlands Antilles to cease to exist as a country http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2375096.ece/Netherlands_Antilles_to_cease_to_exist_as_a_country Radio Netherlands Worldwide NRC Handelsblad 2009-10-01 2009-10-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20091002125516/http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2375096.ece/Netherlands_Antilles_to_cease_to_exist_as_a_country 2009-10-02 dead At the time of the elections, the Netherlands Antilles consisted of the Caribbean islands of Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten. Background The Council of Ministers of the Netherlands Antilles announced on 16 September 2009, that it had chosen 22 January 2010 as the official date for the upcoming general election. Voter registration for the election ended in November 2009. Antillean political parties who wish to contest the election must submit their list of candidates by the first week of December 2009. There was some disagreement among politicians in the Netherlands Antilles as to the exact date of the upcoming election. Some politicians, including the Minister of Constitutional Affairs Roland Duncan, advocated an election date of 29 January 2010, instead. However, the 29 January date was ultimately rejected because the annual Tumba Festival also takes place on Curaçao on that date. Glenn Sulvaran of the Curaçao based Party for the Restructured Antilles (PAR) argued against the original proposed 29 January date, noting that elections are not held during the carnival season on Sint Maarten or other islands, so the general election should not conflict with the Tumba Festival. Minister of Constitutional Affairs Roland Duncan rejected that argument, noting that the festival could be rescheduled for an event as important as a general election. Duncan criticized the perception that Curaçao's interests dominated those of other islands in the Netherlands Antilles, "Sometimes I have to wonder how serious we are. This is a prime example of how much of a farce the Netherlands Antilles is. What is best for Curaçao automatically has to be best for the other islands as well." A date of 22 January 2010, was ultimately agreed upon by the Council of Ministers. Results On Curaçao, the PAR won the most seats, and were expected to form the next government. y Island Party for the Restructured Antilles Curaçao 26641 6 List of Change (MAN–FK–LNPA) Curaçao 23552 5 Sovereign People Curaçao 10789 2 National Alliance Sint Maarten 6939 3 National People's Party  Curaçao 6494 1 Workers' Liberation Front Curaçao 4373 0 Bonaire Patriotic Union Bonaire 3673 2 Democratic Party Sint Maarten Sint Maarten 3560 0 Bonaire Democratic Party Bonaire 2720 1 Democratic Party  Curaçao 1815 0 List of Change Bonaire 1126 0 People's Progressive Alliance Sint Maarten 916 0 Democratic Party Sint Eustatius 602 1 Windward Islands People's Movement Saba 393 1 Progressive Labour Party Sint Eustatius 341 0 Party for an Emancipated People Curaçao 311 0 Movement Opposing Isla Refinery Curaçao 195 0 AmigoeNiet Gevonden http://www.amigoe.com/artman/publish/artikel_67891.php Bonaire Reporter, St. Maarten Island TimeFinal Parliamentary Election 2010 http://www.sxmislandtime.com/front-page-headliners/9466 https://web.archive.org/web/20150102162504/http://www.sxmislandtime.com/front-page-headliners/9466 2 January 2015 References Category:Elections in the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands General election Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results