A status referendum was held on the island of Curaçao on 19 November 1993.[1] The referendum was the result of a discussion about the future of the Netherlands Antilles, following the secession of Aruba in 1986. While most politicians, including the government of the Netherlands Antilles and the island government campaigned in favour of secession to make it form a country of its own within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the option of retaining and restructuring the Netherlands Antilles received the most votes. This resulted in the rise of the Party for the Restructured Antilles,[2] which won the 1994 general elections in the Netherlands Antilles.[3]
Result
edit| Choice | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Option A: Restructuring the Netherlands Antilles | 48,587 | 73.56 | |
| Option B: Becoming a self governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands | 11,841 | 17.93 | |
| Option C: Becoming a direct part of the Netherlands | 5,299 | 8.02 | |
| Option D: Independence | 325 | 0.49 | |
| Total | 66,052 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 118,215 | – | |
| Source: Direct Democracy | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles), 19 November 1993: Status Direct Democracy (in German)
- ^ G Oostindie (1998) Het paradijs overzee: De 'Nederlandse' Caraïben en Nederland, Bert Bakker, pp171-172, 339
- ^ Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p1032
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