1985 Aruban general election

1985 Aruban general election

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All 21 seats in Parliament
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
PPA
Leader Betico Croes Henny Eman
Party PEM AVP PPA
Seats before 13 5 3
Seats won 8 7 2
Seat change Decrease5 Increase2 Decrease1
Popular vote 13,786 11,480 4,499
Percentage 37.62% 31.33% 12.28%
Swing Decrease20.32pp Increase8.76pp Decrease2.63pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
PDA
ADN
Party PDA ADN
Seats before 0
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Increase2 New
Popular vote 3,661 3,216
Percentage 9.99% 8.78%
Swing Increase5.41pp New

Elected Prime Minister

Henny Eman
AVP

General elections were held in Aruba on 22 November 1985 to elect the Island Council. They were held shortly before Aruba was split from the Netherlands Antilles and obtained the status of a 'land' (country) within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Island Council was converted into the first Estates of Aruba on 1 January 1986.

Although the People's Electoral Movement  won the most seats, the Aruban People's Party formed a coalition government with the Aruban Patriotic Party, Aruban Democratic Party and National Democratic Alliance, with Henny Eman becoming the first Prime Minister of Aruba.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Electoral Movement 13,78637.628–5
Aruban People's Party11,48031.337+2
Aruban Patriotic Party4,49912.282–1
Aruban Democratic Party3,6619.992New
National Democratic Alliance3,2168.782New
Total36,642100.00210
Source: Aruba Blue Pages

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