2025 Curaçao general election
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| Turnout | 68.74% ( 5.29pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Curaçao on 21 March 2025 to elect the 21 members of the Parliament of Curaçao.[1]
The governing party Movement for the Future of Curaçao (MFK) came in the lead and won an absolute majority with 13 seats, a first in the island's history.
Background
[edit]The 2021 general elections led to a change in government. The outgoing coalition suffered a major defeat, with the Real Alternative Party (PAR) and the New Antilles Movement (MAN) losing many of their seats, while the National Innovation Party (PIN) lost all representation in parliament. From the opposition, the pro-independence party Movement for the Future of Curaçao (MFK) was the first place finisher, winning almost half of the seats.[2]
MFK leader Gilmar Pisas was therefore appointed Formateur by Governor Lucille George-Wout.[3] On 26 March 2021, he signed an agreement for a coalition government between the MFK and the National People's Party (PNP).[4] The new Pisas government was sworn in on 14 June.[5]
Electoral system
[edit]Curaçao is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its governance takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy. The King of the Netherlands is the head of state, represented locally by a governor, with the Prime Minister of Curaçao serving as head of government.[6]
The Parliament of Curaçao is unicameral. It is composed of 21 representatives elected for four years according to party-list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency.[7] Parliament elects the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.[8]
Primary election
[edit]In Curaçao, parties with no parliamentary representation must compete in a primary and must receive an equivalent of at least 1% of the total number of votes present in the prior election (in 2021) to participate in the general election.[7] The primary was held on 1 and 2 February. The threshold to advance was 848 votes.[9]
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mihó Kòrsou | 1,522 | 1.79 | |
| Movementu Kousa Promé | 1,006 | 1.19 | |
| Union i Progreso | 720 | 0.85 | |
| Movementu Desaroyo Duradero Kòrsou | 525 | 0.62 | |
| Sovereign People | 466 | 0.55 | |
| Partido pa Penshonado | 165 | 0.19 | |
| Civil Rights Movement Curaçao | 84 | 0.10 | |
| ERA NOBO pa Curaçao | 52 | 0.06 | |
| Total | 4,540 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | 4,540 | 98.20 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 83 | 1.80 | |
| Total votes | 4,623 | 100.00 | |
| Source: KSE at 7:01 | |||
Results
[edit]The MFK, party of the incumbent Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas, won a landslide victory. With 55.2% of the votes, it would receive 13 of the 21 parliamentary seats. This election is the first where a single party wins an absolute majority in Curaçao's parliament. The PNP, coalition partner of the MFK, maintained its four seats. In opposition, the PAR had its parliamentary representation halved, retaining only two seats.[10]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movement for the Future of Curaçao | 41,638 | 55.22 | 13 | +4 | |
| National People's Party | 12,297 | 16.31 | 4 | 0 | |
| Real Alternative Party | 7,561 | 10.03 | 2 | –2 | |
| Partido MAN-Partido Inovashon Nashonal | 6,378 | 8.46 | 2 | 0 | |
| Curaçao is the Best | 2,526 | 3.35 | 0 | –1 | |
| Movementu Kousa Promé | 1,846 | 2.45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Work for Curaçao | 1,616 | 2.14 | 0 | –1 | |
| Mihó Kòrsou | 1,540 | 2.04 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 75,402 | 100.00 | 21 | – | |
| Valid votes | 75,402 | 98.00 | |||
| Invalid votes | 1,302 | 1.69 | |||
| Blank votes | 233 | 0.30 | |||
| Total votes | 76,937 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 111,932 | 68.74 | |||
| Source: KSE | |||||
General election
[edit]Election monitoring was assisted by the Caribbean Community.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Curaçao elections scheduled for March 21, 2025". Curaçao Chronicle. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "A major shift in Curaçao politics: MFK biggest party". curacaochronicle.com. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2025..
- ^ "MFK wint verkiezingen Curaçao met overmacht". koninkrijk.nu (in Dutch). Koninkrijk. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2025..
- ^ "MFK, PNP sign coalition accord". thedailyherald.sx. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2025..
- ^ "Pisas cabinet sworn in on Monday". curacaochronicle.com. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2025..
- ^ "CIA World Factbook- Curaçao". Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Verkiezingen – Electorale Raad Curaçao". kse.cw (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "Curacao (04/15/11)". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Schakel, Maarten (24 January 2025). "14 partijen schrijven zich in voor verkiezingen". Curacao.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "MFK makes history with unprecedented parliamentary majority in Curacao". caribbean.loopnews.com. Loop News. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025..
- ^ https://caricom.org/arrival-statement-of-the-caribbean-community-caricom-elections-observation-team-to-the-general-elections-of-curacao/
