2016 Curaçao general election


General elections were held in Curaçao on 5 October 2016, having been postponed from 30 September due to Hurricane Matthew. A total of thirteen parties participated.

Electoral system

The 21 members of the Estates are elected by proportional representation. 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

s 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; i.e. 870 votes.
The primary elections took place on 20 and 21 August 2016, with seven of the fifteen participating parties qualifying:
PartyAbbreviationLeaderVotesNotes
Kòrsou di nos turAmparo dos Santos2,178Qualified for the main elections
Movementu Patriótiko i Adelanto SosialPASCharles Cooper1,543Qualified for the main elections
Un Korsou HustuOmayra Leeflang1,361Qualified for the main elections
Movementu ProgresivoMarylin Moses1,240Qualified for the main elections
Movementu Kousa ProméRene Rosalia1,122Qualified for the main elections
Democratic PartyDPGeraldine Parris1,094Qualified for the main elections
Partido pro KòrsouIvar Asjes965Qualified for the main elections
Party Workers' Liberation Front 30 MayFOL622
Partido Reskate Integral KòrsouPRIK505
1 TIM MAGNO378
Partido Aliansa Nobo280
Movementu Revelashon BintiR16273
Partido GOOL205
Fórsa Elevá/Partido KooperativistaFE/PKP62
Korsou, Un Pais NoboUPN49

Results