2003 Netherlands Antilles island council elections

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23 May 2003 (SSS islands)

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Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Elected in Bonaire
	UPB	Ramonsito Booi		6	+2
	PDB	Jopie Abraham		3	−1
Elected in Curaçao (top 2)
	FOL	Anthony Godett	33.86	8	+4
	PAR	Etienne Ys	20.41	5	0
	PLKP		13.08	3	−1
	PNP	Maria Liberia Peters	10.65	2	−3
	MAN		9.34	2	0
	LNPA	Nelson Pierre	5.69	1	New
Elected in Saba
	WIPM	Ray Hassell	47.30	3	−1
	SUDP	Steve Hassell	36.83	2	New
Elected in Sint Eustatius
	DPS	Julian Woodley		3	+1
	PLP	Clyde van Putten		2	New
Elected in Sint Maarten (top 2)
	DP	Sarah Wescot-Williams	48.38	6	−1
	NA	William Marlin	38.78	4	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 9 May (Bonaire and Curaçao) and 23 May 2003 (SSS islands) to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. The election was won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union (6 seats) in Bonaire, the Workers' Liberation Front (8 seats) in Curaçao, the Windward Islands People's Movement (3 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (3 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (6 seats) in Sint Maarten.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Workers' Liberation Front	22,745	33.86	8	+4
	Party for the Restructured Antilles	13,710	20.41	5	0
	People's Crusade Labour Party	8,785	13.08	3	–1
	National People's Party	7,153	10.65	2	–3
	New Antilles Movement	6,274	9.34	2	0
	Lista Niun Paso Atras	3,819	5.69	1	New
	Democratic Party	2,519	3.75	0	0
	Organisashon pa Restorashon di Un i Tur	2,168	3.23	0	–1
Total		67,173	100.00	21	0

Valid votes		67,173	98.61
Invalid/blank votes		948	1.39
Total votes		68,121	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		109,629	62.14
Source: Hoofdstembureau Curaçao


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Windward Islands People's Movement	298	47.30	3	–1
	Saba United Democratic Party	232	36.83	2	New
	Saba Labour Party	100	15.87	0	–1
Total		630	100.00	5	0

Registered voters/turnout		707	–
Source: The Daily Herald, Saba Tourist Bureau


Party		Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party	3	+1
	Progressive Labour Party	2	New
Total		5	0

Source: The Daily Herald, Lynch & Lynch


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party	4,919	48.38	6	–1
	National Alliance	3,943	38.78	4	New
	People's Progressive Alliance	1,169	11.50	1	New
	United People's Labor Party	96	0.94	0	New
	National Democratic Party	41	0.40	0	0
Total		10,168	100.00	11	0

Source: SXM Elections

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Pasterkamp, Riekelt (23 May 2003). "Godett: Pim Fortuyn van de Antillen". Reformatorisch Dagblad (in Dutch). Digibron. p. 5. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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"Omstreden arbeiderspartij wint verkiezingen Curaçao". NU.nl (in Dutch). 10 May 2003. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
"Verkiezing Eilandsraad Curaçao 2003". Hoofdstembureau Curaçao (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
"Main voting bureau Saba confirms count". The Daily Herald. Internet Archive. 6 June 2003. p. 6. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
"Election Results 2003". Saba Tourist Bureau. Archived from the original on 10 July 2003. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
"DP and PLP both lose one vote in final count". The Daily Herald. 26 April 2007. p. 10.
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"Election Year 2003 Results". SXM Elections. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

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