Elections in the Netherlands Antilles

Elections in the Netherlands Antilles were held for two territorial levels of government: the state, and the island territories.

The Netherlands Antilles had a multi-party system, with numerous political parties to form coalition governments after the elections. The Estates (Staten) consisted of 21 or 22 members, elected for a four-year term. Its seats were distributed among the island territories:

Table

Island territory	1948–1950	1950–1977	1977–1983	1983–1986	1986–2010
Aruba	8	8	8	8	–
Bonaire	2	1	1	1	3
Curaçao	8	12	12	12	14
Windward Islands (Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten)	-	1	1	–	–
Saba	1	–	1[a]	1	1
Sint Eustatius	1	–	1[a]	1	1
Sint Maarten	1	–	–	1	3
Total	21	22	22[a]	24	22

2002 general election

Main article: 2002 Netherlands Antilles general election

2006 general election

Main article: 2006 Netherlands Antilles general election

The 2006 general election resulted in the last Estates that would sit for four years. It preceded the 2010 Netherlands Antilles general election, which took place in January and was dissolved upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.

2010 general election

Main article: 2010 Netherlands Antilles general election

See also

• Elections in Bonaire
• Elections in Curaçao
• Elections in Saba
• Elections in Sint Maarten

Notes

1. In 1977, Saba and Sint Eustatius were allowed to send 2 non-voting representatives to the Estates due to the electoral weight of Sint Maarten in the election for the Windward Islands voting representative to the Estates. This representative continued to represent Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten until the territory was split up in 1983.