2020 Sint Maarten general election
Snap general elections were held on 9 January 2020 in Sint Maarten, two years earlier than scheduled, following the dissolution of the Second Marlin-Romeo cabinet in September 2019.
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 15 seats in Parliament 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|---|
Electoral system
The 15 seats in the Estates were elected by proportional representation.[1] In order to participate in the election, new parties and parties without a seat in parliament were required to obtain at least 136 signatures; 1% of the valid votes of the 2018 parliamentary elections.[2]
Results
 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| National Alliance | 4,715 | 35.29 | 6 | +1 | |
| United People's Party | 3,231 | 24.18 | 4 | +4 | |
| United St. Maarten Party | 1,762 | 13.19 | 2 | 0 | |
| Party for Progress | 1,407 | 10.53 | 2 | New | |
| United Democrats | 1,161 | 8.69 | 1 | –6 | |
| St. Maarten Christian Party | 759 | 5.68 | 0 | –1 | |
| People's Progressive Alliance | 326 | 2.44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 13,361 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 13,361 | 97.08 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 402 | 2.92 | |||
| Total votes | 13,763 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 23,106 | 59.56 | |||
| Source: Government of Sint Maarten | |||||
References
- The Constitution Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Estates of Sint Maarten
- "Election Ordinance - Government of Sint Maarten" (PDF). sintmaartengov.org.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.