| Country: | Curaçao |
| Seats For Election: | All 21 seats in the Estates of Curaçao |
| Majority Seats: | 11 |
| Previous Election: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2025 |
| Turnout: | 73.97% (7.57pp) |
| Leader1: | Gilmar Pisas |
| Party1: | Movement for the Future of Curaçao |
| Last Election1: | 5 |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Percentage1: | 27.76 |
| Leader2: | Eugene Rhuggenaath |
| Party2: | Real Alternative Party |
| Last Election2: | 6 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Percentage2: | 13.88 |
| Party3: | National People's Party (Curaçao) |
| Last Election3: | 0 |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Percentage3: | 12.45 |
| Leader4: | Steven Martina |
| Party4: | Partido MAN |
| Last Election4: | 5 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Percentage4: | 6.43 |
| Party5: | Curaçao is the Best |
| Last Election5: | New |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Percentage5: | 5.35 |
| Leader6: | Rennox Calmes |
| Party6: | Work for Curaçao |
| Last Election6: | New |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Percentage6: | 5.20 |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Eugene Rhuggenaath |
| Before Party: | PAR |
| After Election: | Gilmar Pisas |
| After Party: | Movement for the Future of Curaçao |
General elections took place in Curaçao on 19 March 2021, two days after the 2021 Dutch general election.[1]
The 21 members of the Estates are elected by proportional representation.[2] Parties that won at least one seat in the 2017 election were allowed to participate automatically and a primary election was held to determine which non-parliamentary parties could run. In the primary, these parties were required to win the equivalent of 1% of the votes cast in the previous general election in order to participate.
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 2017) to participate in the general election. The primary was held on 30 and 31 January. The threshold to advance was 789 votes.
| Party | Leader | Votes | % of 2017 turnout | Qualified | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National People's Party | Ruthmilda D. Larmonie-Cecilia | 3,374 | 4.22 | ||||
| Curaçao is the Best | Michelangelo Martines | 2,686 | 3.36 | ||||
| Work for Curaçao | Rennox Calmes | 2,216 | 2.77 | ||||
| A Change for Curaçao | Raichel Sintjacoba | 1,514 | 1.89 | ||||
| Democratic Party | Elsa Rozendal | 1,492 | 1.87 | ||||
| Curaçao with Vision | Miles B.M. Mercera | 1,303 | 1.63 | ||||
| Movementu Kousa Promé | René Rosalia | 1,285 | 1.61 | ||||
| Curaçao a New Dutch Municipality | Luigi Faneyte | 942 | 1.18 | ||||
| MAVIS Party | Mavis Albertina | 758 | 0.95 | ||||
| KAS Movement | Humphrey Davelaar | 746 | 0.93 | ||||
| Union and Progress | Elvis F. de Andrade | 627 | 0.78 | ||||
| Party for the Wellbeing of Curaçao | Julius Koko | 547 | 0.68 | ||||
| A New Curaçao | Peter Alberto | 520 | 0.65 | ||||
| Awor Ta Basta | Marulla Chirino | 350 | 0.44 | ||||
| New Alliance Party | Amado Rojer | 176 | 0.22 | ||||
| People for Progress Movement | Marco Tyrol | 62 | 0.07 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,598 | ||||||
| Total invalid votes | 597 | ||||||
| Total blank votes | 29 | ||||||
| Total votes | 19,224 | ||||||
| Source: Supreme Electoral Council of Curaçao | |||||||
On 7 March, the fourth candidate on the list of Work for Curaçao, Almier Godett, was shot and killed while trying to calm a family dispute.[3] [4]