List of political parties in Sint Maarten

This article lists political parties in Sint Maarten.

Sint Maarten has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which usually a single party does not have a chance of gaining power alone, and thus parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Political parties tend to be loose political groupings, rather than supporting a consistent ideology, and as such, in the 2010s there were several instances of members of parties leaving to become unaffiliated, leading to the collapse of several coalition governments and snap elections.

Parties

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Parties represented in Parliament

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PartyAbbr.LeaderPolitical positionIdeologyMPs
National Alliance
Nationale Alliantie
NASilveria JacobsCentre-leftSocial democracy
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United People's Party
Verenigde Volkspartij
UPTheodore HeyligerCentre-right
3 / 15
Unified Resilient St. Maarten MovementURSMLuc MercelinaCentre-leftAutonomism
Third way
2 / 15
Democratic Party
Democratische Partij
DMSarah Wescott-WilliamsCentre-leftChristian left
Social democracy
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Party for Progress [nl]
Vooruitgangspartij
PFPMelissa GumbsCentre-left
2 / 15
Nation Opportunity WealthNOWChristophe EmmanuelCentre
2 / 15

Other parties

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References

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See also

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