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March 19, 2021 Held

Curacao

Country of Curacao

Election for Staten van Curacao (Curacaoan Estates)

Results

Voter Participation

Voter
Turnout*
Cast Votes:85,910
Valid Votes:84,858
Invalid Votes:1,052

Vote Share by Party:

Party Seats Won Seats Change Votes

Movement for the Future of Curaçao (Movementu Futuro Kòrsou) 9 - 23,559

27.76%

Real Alternative Party (Partido Alternativa Real) 4 - 11,778

13.88%

National People's Party (Partido Nashonal di Pueblo) 4 - 10,563

12.45%

Partido MAN (Movementu Antia Nobo) (Partido MAN) 2 - ▼ 5,456

6.43%

Curaçao is the Best (Kòrsou Esun Miho) 1 - 4,537

5.35%

Work for Curaçao (Trabou pa Kòrsou) 1 - 4,411

5.20%
Election Results Modified: Jul 31, 2021

General Information

At stake in this election:

  • 21 seats in the Staten van Curaçao (Estates of Curaçao)

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: King WILLEM-ALEXANDER (since 30 April 2013); represented by Governor Lucille A. GEORGE-WOUT (since 4 November 2013)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Eugene RHUGGENAATH (since 29 May 2017)
  • Assembly: Curaçao has a unicameral Staten van Curaçao (Estates of Curaçao) composed of 21 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • Members of the Estates of Curaçao are directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms.

Note: To be eligible to contest parliamentary elections, political parties that are not represented in parliament are required to compete in a pre-election round of voting and must receive at least 1% of the valid votes cast in the previous parliamentary election.

Election Modified: Aug 17, 2023

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