1971 Netherlands Antilles island council elections

Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles in 1971. They were the sixth elections for the Island Council,^[1]

Aruba

General elections were held in Aruba in 1971. They were the first in which the People's Electoral Movement participated, after Gilberto Croes split from the AVP.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Aruban Patriotic Party	12,039	51.12	11	+1
	People's Electoral Movement	8,099	34.39	7	New
	Aruban People's Party	3,413	14.49	3	–5
Total		23,551	100.00	21	0
Source: [2]

Bonaire

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Bonairean Workers' Party	1,046	29.18	3
	Bonaire Democratic Party	1,044	29.12	3
	PPB	966	26.95	2
	United Progressive Bonairean Party	529	14.76	1
Total		3,585	100.00	9
Source: [2]

Curaçao

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Party	17,350	32.45	7
	National People's Party/U	16,680	31.20	7
	Workers' Liberation Front	8,220	15.37	3
	MASA	7,245	13.55	3
	Partido MAN	3,972	7.43	1
Total		53,467	100.00	21
Source: [2]

Windward Islands

General elections were held in the Windward Islands on 7 May 1971 to elect the 15 members of the Island Council. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won four of the 8 Island Council seats.^[3]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Party	1,720	54.40	8
	Windward Islands People's Movement	1,152	36.43	7
	People's Progressive Movement	290	9.17	0
Total		3,162	100.00	15
Source: [2]

References

1. "Politieke partijen en verkiezingen". Historia di Aruba (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
2. "Statistical Yearbook Netherlands Antilles 1971". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. p. 43.
3. Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. pp. 40, 182. ISBN 0913441325.