2021 Aruban general election

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]

2021 Aruban general election

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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 Steady Decrease 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 20,700 18,335 5,474
Percentage 35.32% 31.28% 9.34%
Swing Decrease 4.54 Decrease 6.33 Increase 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 Increase 2 New
Popular vote 4,681 3,410
Percentage 7.99% 5.82%
Swing Increase 7.50 New

Prime Minister before election

Evelyn Wever-Croes
PEM

Elected Prime Minister

Evelyn Wever-Croes
PEM

Electoral system

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The 21 members were elected via open list proportional representation.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Electoral Movement20,70035.3290
Aruban People's Party18,33531.287–2
RAIZ5,4749.342+2
Aruban Sovereignty Movement4,6817.992+2
Accion 213,4105.821New
Aruban Patriotic Party1,8093.0900
Democratic Network1,7843.040–1
Proud and Respected People6611.130–2
Patriotic Progressive Union6211.0600
Pueblo Prome5740.980New
Cristiannan Uni Reforzando Potencial di Aruba3120.5300
Hubentud Treciendo Cambio2490.420New
Total58,610100.00210
Valid votes58,61098.50
Invalid/blank votes8901.50
Total votes59,500100.00
Registered voters/turnout70,28384.66
Source: Censo

References

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  1. ^ Aruba Election 2021 Aruba Today
  2. ^ Aruba elections on June 25 The Daily Herald, 2 April 2021