1971 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles in 1971. They were the sixth elections for the Island Council,[1]
Aruba
[edit]General elections were held in Aruba in 1971. They were the first in which the People's Electoral Movement participated, after Gilberto Croes split from the AVP.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aruban Patriotic Party | 12,039 | 51.12 | 11 | +1 | |
| People's Electoral Movement | 8,099 | 34.39 | 7 | New | |
| Aruban People's Party | 3,413 | 14.49 | 3 | –5 | |
| Total | 23,551 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 | |
| Source: [2] | |||||
Bonaire
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonairean Workers' Party | 1,046 | 29.18 | 3 | |
| Bonaire Democratic Party | 1,044 | 29.12 | 3 | |
| PPB | 966 | 26.95 | 2 | |
| United Progressive Bonairean Party | 529 | 14.76 | 1 | |
| Total | 3,585 | 100.00 | 9 | |
| Source: [2] | ||||
Curaçao
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 17,350 | 32.45 | 7 | |
| National People's Party/U | 16,680 | 31.20 | 7 | |
| Workers' Liberation Front | 8,220 | 15.37 | 3 | |
| MASA | 7,245 | 13.55 | 3 | |
| Partido MAN | 3,972 | 7.43 | 1 | |
| Total | 53,467 | 100.00 | 21 | |
| Source: [2] | ||||
Windward Islands
[edit]General elections were held in the Windward Islands on 7 May 1971 to elect the 15 members of the Island Council. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won four of the 8 Island Council seats.[3]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 1,720 | 54.40 | 8 | |
| Windward Islands People's Movement | 1,152 | 36.43 | 7 | |
| People's Progressive Movement | 290 | 9.17 | 0 | |
| Total | 3,162 | 100.00 | 15 | |
| Source: [2] | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Politieke partijen en verkiezingen". Historia di Aruba (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Statistical Yearbook Netherlands Antilles 1971". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. p. 43.
- ^ Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. pp. 40, 182. ISBN 0913441325.
