2010 Curaçao general election

The Curaçao general election of 2010 (formally: Curaçao island council election of 2010) was held on 27 August 2010. Early elections for the Curaçao island council were necessary because the island council failed to approve the Constitution of Curaçao with a two-thirds majority in the first reading. Before it could be adopted by a simple majority in the second reading, the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands specified that a general election had to intervene.

Although the election was held for the island council of Curaçao, its newly elected members automatically became members of the Estates of Curaçao when Curaçao received country status within the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010.

Results

Although the Party for the Restructured Antilles increased its number of seats from 7 to 8, the coalition it led lost its majority. Gerrit Schotte of the Movementu Futuro Korsou (MFK) formed a coalition with Movishon Antia Nobo (MAN) and Pueblo Soberano (PS) and thus became Curaçao's first Prime Minister on 10 October 2010.

 Curaçao general election results, 2010

Parties	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Partido Antiá Restrukturá (PAR)	Emily de Jongh-Elhage	22,474	30	8	+1
Movementu Futuro Korsou (MFK)	Gerrit Schotte	15,953	21	5	+5
Pueblo Soberano (PS)	Helmin Wiels	13,886	19	4	+3
Movishon Antia Nobo (MAN)	Eunice Eisden	6,531	9	2	-3
Partido Frente Obrero Liberashon 30 Di Mei (FOL)	Anthony Godett	4,813	7	1	-1
Partido Nashonal di Pueblo (PNP)	Humphrey Davelaar	4,588	6	1	-1
Democratische Partij (DP)	Norberto Vieira Ribeiro	3,048	4	0	–
Partido pa Adelanto I Inovashon Soshal (PAIS)	Alex Rosaria	2,202	3	0	–
Partido Laboral	Errol Goeloe	509	1	0	–
Lista Niun Paso Atras (NPA)	Carlos Monk	336	0	0	–
Total valid votes		74,340	100	21
Invalid votes (including 241 blank votes)		1,231	1.6
Turnout		75,571	65.81
Source: Civil registry of the Netherlands Antilles

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