Elections in Aruba

Elections in Aruba gives information on election and election results in Aruba.

Aruba
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Aruba elects on national level a legislature. The Estates (Staten) have 21 members,[1] elected for a four-year term by Open list Party-list proportional representation. Seats are distributed between parties that have gained at least one full quota (1/21, or approximately 4.76% of the vote) using the Hagenbach-Bischoff system (a variant of the D'Hondt method).[2] Before obtaining the status as land (English: country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Aruba participated in elections for its Island Council and for the Aruba constituency of the parliament of the Netherlands Antilles.

Aruba has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful.

Latest elections
Main article: 2017 Aruban general election
Party Leader Votes % Seats +/–
Aruban People's Party (AVP)Mike Eman23,37639.869–4
People's Electoral Movement (MEP)Evelyn Wever-Croes22,06137.619+2
Pueblo Orguyoso y Respeta (POR)Otmar Oduber5,5319.432New
Network of Electoral Democracy (RED)Ricardo Croes4,1667.101+1
RAIZUrsell Arends2,1073.590New
Patriotic Progressive Union-Aruban Patriotic Party (UPP-PPA)Candelario Wever6561.1200
Cristiannan Uni Reforzando Potencial di Aruba (CURPA)Cristina Lampe4680.800New
Movimiento Aruba Soberano (MAS)Holmo Henriquez2870.490New
Total valid votes 58,652100210
Invalid/blank votes751–––
Turnout 59,40383.96––
Eligible to vote70,750–––

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Past elections

2013
Main article: 2013 Aruban general election
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Aruban People's Party33,10357.2813+1
People's Electoral Movement17,65330.547–1
Real Democracy Party4,5187.8210
Network of Electoral Democracy1,2092.0900
Patriotic Progressive Union8051.390New
Aruban Patriotic Party5060.8800
Invalid/blank votes556–––
Total58,350100210
Registered voters/turnout68,75884.86––
Source: Government of Aruba

2009
Main article: 2009 Aruban general election
 Summary of the 25 September 2009 Estates of Aruba election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Aruban People's Party (Arubaanse Volkspartij) 26,485 48.05 12
People's Electoral Movement (Movimiento Electoral di Pueblo) 19,812 35.94 8
Real Democracy Party (Partido Democracia Real) 3,140 5.70 1
Aruban Patriotic Movement (Movimento Patriotico Arubano) 2,443 4.43 —
Network of Electoral Democracy (Red Electoral Democratico) 2,371 4.30 —
Aruban Patriotic Party (Partido Patriótico Arubano) 611 1.11 —
United Christians Reinforcing Aruba's Potential (Cristiannan Uni Reforzando Potencial di Aruba) 138 0.25 —
Independent Social Movement/Aruban Liberal Organization (Movimento Social Independiente/Organisacion Liberal Arubiano) 125 0.23 —
Total 55,125 100.00 21
Source: Government of Aruba

2005
Main article: 2005 Aruban general election
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See also

References
  1. Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution of Aruba (1987)
  2. "LANDSVERORDENING, houdende regelen betreffende het kies- recht en de verkiezingen van de leden van de Staten van Aruba". Article 91-94, Act No. AB 1987 no. 110, AB 1994 no. 30, AB 1997 no. 34, AB 2001 no. 100 AB 2009 no. 83 of 18 of 18 September 2013 (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  3. Overheid, Aruba. "Certification election results 2017". www.overheid.aw. Retrieved 2018-11-17.


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