Election Name: | 2003 Netherlands Antilles island council elections |
Country: | Netherlands Antilles |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1999 |
Next Election: | 2007 |
Seats For Election: | All 51 seats in the island councils of Bonaire (9), Curaçao (21), Saba (5), Sint Eustatius (5) and Sint Maarten (11) |
Election Date: | 9 May 2003 (Leeward Antilles) 23 May 2003 (SSS islands) |
Heading1: | Elected in Bonaire |
Seats1: | 6 |
Last Election1: | 4 |
Seats2: | 3 |
Last Election2: | 4 |
Heading3: | Elected in Curaçao (top 2) |
Percentage3: | 33.86 |
Seats3: | 8 |
Last Election3: | 4 |
Last Election4: | 5 |
Percentage4: | 20.41 |
Seats4: | 5 |
Percentage5: | 13.08 |
Seats5: | 3 |
Last Election5: | 4 |
Party6: | National People's Party (Curaçao) |
Percentage6: | 10.65 |
Seats6: | 2 |
Last Election6: | 5 |
Percentage7: | 9.34 |
Seats7: | 2 |
Last Election7: | 2 |
Percentage8: | 5.69 |
Seats8: | 1 |
Last Election8: | New |
Heading9: | Elected in Saba |
Percentage9: | 47.30 |
Seats9: | 3 |
Last Election9: | 4 |
Percentage10: | 36.83 |
Seats10: | 2 |
Last Election10: | New |
Color10: |
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Heading11: | Elected in Sint Eustatius |
Seats11: | 3 |
Last Election11: | 2 |
Seats12: | 2 |
Last Election12: | New |
Heading13: | Elected in Sint Maarten (top 2) |
Percentage13: | 48.38 |
Seats13: | 6 |
Last Election13: | 7 |
Percentage14: | 38.78 |
Seats14: | 4 |
Last Election14: | New |
Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 9 May (Bonaire and Curaçao)[1] and 23 May 2003 (SSS islands)[2] [3] to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. The election was won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union (6 seats) in Bonaire, the Workers' Liberation Front (8 seats) in Curaçao, the Windward Islands People's Movement (3 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (3 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (6 seats) in Sint Maarten.