1959 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles in 1959. They were the third elections for the Island Council.[1]
Aruba
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Four parties participated, three of which had participated in 1955: the Aruban Patriotic Party (PPA), Aruban People's Party and the Aruba National Union. The Christian Democratic Party, a breakaway from the PPA, also contested the elections and won a single seat.
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Aruban Patriotic Party | 9,893 | 57.17 | 12 | –3 | |
Aruban People's Party | 4,899 | 28.31 | 6 | +3 | |
Aruba National Union | 1,609 | 9.30 | 2 | –1 | |
Christian Democratic Party | 905 | 5.23 | 1 | New | |
Total | 17,306 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 17,306 | 98.70 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 228 | 1.30 | |||
Total votes | 17,534 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 19,084 | 91.88 | |||
Source: Hartog[2] |
Sint Maarten
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General elections were held in Sint Maarten on 25 May 1959. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won four of the five Island Council seats.[3]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Democratic Party | 392 | 63.84 | 4 | 0 | |
National People's Party | 149 | 24.27 | 1 | 0 | |
Windward Islands People's Party | 69 | 11.24 | 0 | New | |
C. Hassell-Wilson | 4 | 0.65 | 0 | New | |
Total | 614 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | |
Source: Lynch & Lynch[3] |
References
- ^ "Politieke partijen en verkiezingen". Historia di Aruba (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ Johannes Hartog (1961) History of the Netherlands Antilles: Aruba, past and present, p434
- ^ a b Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. pp. 38–39, 180. ISBN 0913441325.