MAN Party
Partido MAN
LeaderHensley Koeiman
FounderDon Martina
Founded6 February 1971[1]
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
ColoursBlue
Estates of Curaçao
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Website
http://www.partidoman.org/

Partido MAN is a political party in Curaçao founded in 1971,[1] which has two of the 21 seats of the Estates of Curaçao after the Curaçao general election of 2021.[2] In the elections preceding the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles the party gained two seats as well and joined the coalition government.[3]

Name

MAN originally stood for Movementu Antia Nobo (English: New Antilles Movement), but a party congress in 2005 decided to drop that meaning and let MAN be the name of the party in itself.

Netherlands Antilles

The minister-president of the Netherlands Antilles Don Martina from 1979 until 1984 and from 1986 to 1988 was MAN-related.[1] At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 5.2% of the popular vote and no seats,[4] at the Netherlands Antilles general election of 2006, the party returned in the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles with 3 out of 14 seats of the Curaçao constituency in the 22 seat parliament.[5] In the last Netherlands Antilles general election in 2010, the party participated together with NPA and FK obtaining 5 seats.[6]

In the island council (Netherlands Antilles) of 2003 and 2007, the party obtained 2 and 5 seats respectively.[7][8] The two seats the party obtained in the 2010 island council elections continued as the Estates of Curaçao on 10 October 2010.

Election results

Election Leader Seats +/– Votes  % Position Government
1971
1 / 21
1979
6 / 21
1983
8 / 21
1987
6 / 21
1991
3 / 21
1995
6 / 21
1999
2 / 21
2003 Charles Cooper
2 / 21
Steady 6,274 9.34
2007
5 / 21
Increase 3 13,923 18.7
2010 Eunice Eisden
2 / 21
Decrease 3 6.531 8.8 Decrease 4th Coalition
2012 Charles Cooper
2 / 21
Steady 8,294 9.5 Decrease 5th Opposition
2016 Hensley Koeiman
4 / 21
Increase 2 12,839 16.23 Increase 1st Coalition
2017
5 / 21
Increase 1 16,070 20.4 Decrease 2nd Coalition
2021 Steven Martina
2 / 21
Decrease 3 5,456 6.43 Decrease 4th Opposition

References

  1. 1 2 3 Leoni Leidel-Schenk (12 October 2012). "Partijen aan het woord:MAN" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. Ottens, Nick (20 March 2021). "Curaçao Election Result Will Set Off Alarm Bells in Netherlands". Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. "Eilandsraadverkiezingen 27 augustus 2010, definitieve uitslag". Burgerlijke Stand, Bevolking en Verkiezingen; Government of the Netherlands Antilles. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012.
  4. "Totaaluitslag 2002". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  5. "Totaaluitslag 2006". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  6. "Totaaluitslag 2010". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  7. "Verkiezingsuitslag 2003". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  8. "Eilandsraadverkiezingen, 2007". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
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