2021 Aruban general election

25 June 2021
All 21 seats in Parliament 11 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   RAIZ Leader Evelyn Wever-Croes Mike Eman Ursell Arends Party PEM AVP RAIZ Seats before 9 9 0 Seats won 9 7 2 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 20,700 18,335 5,474 Percentage 35.32% 31.28% 9.34% Swing 4.54 6.33 5.75   Fourth party Fifth party   ASM Leader Marisol Lopez-Tromp Miguel Mansur Party ASM Accion 21 Seats before 0 — Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 New Popular vote 4,681 3,410 Percentage 7.99% 5.82% Swing 7.50 New
Prime Minister before election Evelyn Wever-Croes PEM Elected Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes PEM

Politics of Aruba
Constitution Governor Alfonso Boekhoudt Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes Parliament President Edgard Vrolijk Political parties Elections: 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021
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General elections were held in Aruba on 25 June 2021 to elect all 21 members of Parliament.^[1] The elections were originally scheduled to take place in September 2021, but were brought forward following the resignation of the government after a criminal investigation was opened against one of the governing coalition parties, Proud and Respected People, for embezzling government money.^[2]

Electoral system

The 21 members were elected via open list proportional representation.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Electoral Movement	20,700	35.32	9	0
	Aruban People's Party	18,335	31.28	7	–2
	RAIZ	5,474	9.34	2	+2
	Aruban Sovereignty Movement	4,681	7.99	2	+2
	Accion 21	3,410	5.82	1	New
	Aruban Patriotic Party	1,809	3.09	0	0
	Democratic Network	1,784	3.04	0	–1
	Proud and Respected People	661	1.13	0	–2
	Patriotic Progressive Union	621	1.06	0	0
	Pueblo Prome	574	0.98	0	New
	Cristiannan Uni Reforzando Potencial di Aruba	312	0.53	0	0
	Hubentud Treciendo Cambio	249	0.42	0	New
Total		58,610	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		58,610	98.50
Invalid/blank votes		890	1.50
Total votes		59,500	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		70,283	84.66
Source: Censo

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