2020 Sint Maarten general election

2020 Sint Maarten general election
	All 15 seats in Parliament; 8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	59.56%
Silveria Jacobs; NA	Silveria Jacobs; NA

Snap general elections were held in Sint Maarten on 9 January 2020, two years earlier than scheduled, following the dissolution of the Second Marlin-Romeo cabinet in September 2019.

Electoral system

The 15 seats in the Estates were elected by proportional representation.^[1] In order to participate in the election, new parties and parties without a seat in parliament were required to obtain at least 136 signatures; 1% of the valid votes of the 2018 general elections.^[2]

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Alliance	4,715	35.29	6	+1
	United People's Party	3,231	24.18	4	+4
	United St. Maarten Party	1,762	13.19	2	0
	Party for Progress	1,407	10.53	2	New
	United Democrats	1,161	8.69	1	–6
	St. Maarten Christian Party	759	5.68	0	–1
	People's Progressive Alliance	326	2.44	0	0
Total		13,361	100.00	15	0

Valid votes		13,361	97.09
Invalid votes		312	2.27
Blank votes		89	0.65
Total votes		13,762	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		23,106	59.56
Source: Government of Sint Maarten

References

^ The Constitution Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Estates of Sint Maarten
^ "Election Ordinance - Government of Sint Maarten" (PDF). sintmaartengov.org.

[1] The Constitution Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Estates of Sint Maarten

[Ordinance-2] "Election Ordinance - Government of Sint Maarten" (PDF). sintmaartengov.org.

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