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1987 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
← 1983 10 April 1987 (Leeward Antilles)
22 May 1987 (SSS islands)		 1991 →
All 49 seats in the island councils of Bonaire (9), Curaçao (21),
Saba (5), Sint Eustatius (5) and Sint Maarten (9)

Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 10 April (Bonaire and Curaçao) and 22 May 1987 (SSS islands) to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. The election was won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union–Bonaire Workers' Party list (5 seats) in Bonaire, the National People's Party (8 seats) in Curaçao, the Saba Democratic Labour Movement (3 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (3 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (7 seats) in Sint Maarten.

Results

Bonaire

Party Leader Votes % Seats +/–
Bonaire Patriotic Union–Bonaire Workers' Party (UPB–POB) Rudi Ellis 2,993 53.05 5
Bonaire Democratic Party (PDB) Jopie Abraham 2,188 38.78 4
New Action Party (PAN) Arthur Sealy 279 4.95 0
Other/invalid 182 3.23 – –
Total 5,642 100 9 0
Registered voters/turnout – –
Source: Amigoe[1]

Curaçao

Party Leader Votes % Seats +/–
National People's Party (PNP) Maria Liberia-Peters 26,090 36.64 8 +1
New Antilles Movement (MAN) Don Martina 18,141 25.48 6 –2
Democratic Party (DP) Agustin Diaz 13,879 19.49 4 –1
Soshal Independiente (SI) George Hueck 6,953 9.76 2 New
Workers' Liberation Front (Frente) Wilson Godett 5,386 7.56 1 0
Nos Pais (NP) Jose Frans 761 1.07 0 New
Invalid/blank votes – – –
Total 71,210 100 21 0
Registered voters/turnout – –
Source: Amigoe[2]

Saba

Party Leader Votes % Seats +/–
Saba Democratic Labour Movement (SDLM) Vernon Hassell 328 51.01 3 New
Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM-Saba) Will Johnson 266 41.37 2 –2
Saba True Labour Party (STLP) Ishmael Levenston 49 7.62 0 New
Invalid/blank votes – – –
Total 632 100 5 0
Registered voters/turnout – –
Source: Johnson[3]

Sint Eustatius

Party Leader Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Party (DP-Statia) Kenneth van Putten [?] [?] 3 0
Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM-Statia) Eric Henriquez [?] [?] 2 0
Invalid/blank votes – – –
Total 100 5 0
Registered voters/turnout – –
Source: Amigoe[4]

Sint Maarten

Party Leader Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Party (DP-St. Maarten) Claude Wathey 5,036 73.17 7 +2
St. Maarten Patriotic Movement–Independent Citizens Movement (SPM–ICM) Vance James Jr. 1,752 25.45 2 New
Other/invalid 95 1.38 – –
Total 6,883 100 9 +2
Registered voters/turnout 9,845 69.91 – –
Source: Amigoe,[4] Lynch & Lynch[5]

References

  1. ^ "Stemmen op Bonaire". Amigoe (in Dutch). Delpher. p. 9. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Frente grote verliezer". Amigoe (in Dutch). Delpher. 11 April 1987. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ^ Johnson, Will (2006). Dreaming big. Alkmaar: Falstaff Media. pp. 73–74, 176–178. ISBN 9077751327.
  4. ^ a b "Weinig verrassende uitslagen in verkiezingen Bovenwinden". Amigoe (in Dutch). Delpher. 23 May 1987. p. 1. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  5. ^ Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. pp. 43, 186. ISBN 0913441325.
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