2016 Curaçao general election

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All 21 seats in Parliament 11 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– MAN Hensley Koeiman 16.23 4 +2 MFK Gerrit Schotte 16.01 4 −1 PAR Eugene Rhuggenaath 15.10 4 0 KNT Amparo dos Santos 10.43 3 New PNP Humphrey Davelaar 8.87 2 +1 Sovereign People Ben Whiteman 6.73 2 −3 UKH Omayra Leeflang 6.12 1 New MP Marilyn Moses 5.23 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Ben Whiteman Sovereign People Hensley Koeiman MAN

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General elections were held in Curaçao on 5 October 2016, having been postponed from 30 September due to Hurricane Matthew. ^{[1] [2]} A total of thirteen parties participated. ^[3]

Electoral system

The 21 members of the Estates are elected by proportional representation. ^[4] Parties that won seats in the previous elections are allowed to participate, whilst primary elections are held to determine which other parties can run, with parties required to receive the equivalent of 1% of the vote at the previous elections in order to participate.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held prior to the elections for new parties or parties that had failed to win seats in the previous elections in 2012, with parties having to obtain the equivalent of 1% of the vote in the previous elections; ^[5] i.e. 870 votes.

The primary elections took place on 20 and 21 August 2016, with seven of the fifteen participating parties qualifying: ^[6]

Results

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