General elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 1 September 1958. This snap election was held after discussions about changing the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Results

PartyIslandVotes%Seats
National People's PartyCuraçao20,35330.976
Democratic PartyCuraçao18,77128.575
Aruban Patriotic PartyAruba9,91215.085
Catholic People's PartyCuraçao5,4878.351
Aruban People's PartyAruba4,5056.862
Aruban National UnionAruba2,0593.131
Bonaire Democratic PartyBonaire1,3732.091
Partido Boneriano UniBonaire1,1381.730
Democratic Party Sint MaartenSSS Islands9041.381
National People's Party–ArubaAruba6851.040
National People's PartySSS Islands5210.790
Total65,708100.0022

Curaçao

Population: 124,340 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 49,636
Valid votes: 44,611
Seats: 12
Average valid votes per seat: 3,717.58

# Candidate Total per list Votes Result
National People's Party (NVP) / Curaçaoan Independent Party (COP)
1M.F. da Costa Gomez20,35317,448Elected
2H.G.M. Pieters Kwiers90Elected
3B.Ph. Römer36Elected
4P. van der Hoeven1,971Elected
5C.E. Dip70Elected
6Ch.E.W. Voges133Elected
7S.D. Abbad80-
8C.E. Cathalina29-
9E.J. van Romondt159-
10A.R. Winklaar25-
11W. de Boer124-
12A.P. Loewenthal18-
13G.E.A. Booi33-
14P.A. Lauffer6-
15Ph.J. Evertsz23-
16E.L.C. van Rosberg13-
17F.R. Brion55-
Democratic Party (DP)
1E. Jonckheer18,77114,071Elected
2C.D. Kroon757Elected
3S.W. van der Meer90Elected
4R.J. Isa51Elected
5C.H.W. Hueck27-
6H.L. Braam2,352Elected
7Mrs. L.C. van der Linde-Helmijr46-
8J.A.O. Bikker24-
9R. Elhage69-
10P.A. van der Veen32-
11D. van der Ree38-
12S.G.M. Rozendal31-
13A.G. de Windt48-
14M.A. Margaretha34-
15C.C. Peterson1,005-
16M.J. Vidal16-
17E.M.H. Agnes40-
Catholic People's Party (KVP)
1I.C. Debrot5,4873,669Elected
2B.M. Leito108-
3J.L. Martina93-
4J.J. Buhre1,033-
5H.M. van Delden137-
6M.J.M. Lichtveld104-
7P. Maduro12-
8V.C. Vinck75-
9H.G. Zimmerman65-
10E.J. Morkos63-
11G.T. Lauff5-
12Miss R.M. Panneflek20-
13W. Rigaud22-
14V.R. Maduro18-
15R.T. Macares26-
16E.C. Albertoe18-
17W.R. Hooi19-

Aruba

Population: 57,213 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 18,642
Valid votes: 17,161
Seats: 8
Average valid votes per seat: 2,145.125

# Candidate Total per list Votes Result
Aruban Patriotic Party (PPA)
1J.E. Irausquin9,9123,683Elected
2M. Henriquez346Elected
3J. Erasmus465Elected
4O. Croes112Elected
5E.R. Finck890Elected
6W.C. Anslijn1142-
7J.R.L. Beaujon139-
8F. Sebastiano486-
9J. Geerman592-
10E.O. Petronia518-
11J.M. Leonardo158-
12D.C. Mathew772-
13C. Angela612-
Aruban People's Party (AVP)
1C.A. Eman4,5052946Elected
2D.G. Croes648Elected
3M. Croes176-
4L.V. Britten114-
5J.A. Croes24-
6S. Geerman87-
7D. Flemming109-
8M. Arends13-
9J.C. Lampe59-
10A.H. Raven55-
11J.P. Falconi46-
12E.M. Lacle93-
13F. Maduro142-
UNA
1A. Werleman2,0591087Elected
2F.B. Tromp262-
3A.F. Dussenbroek344-
4M.J. Croes60-
5Th.J. Figaroa148-
6R.C. Oduber19-
7L. Wever30-
8Th.D. Luydens19-
9Miss T.F. Palm28-
10Th. Leest13-
11R.E. Frank16-
12I. Croes6-
13C.P. Schwengle22-
NVP-A
1M.F. da Costa Gomez685225-
2D.A. Vlaun66-
3A.W.A. Heidewiller104-
4G. Swart69-
5M.P. Boekhouder71-
6J. Eleonora18-
7W.T. Holman18-
8J. Priest21-
9C.R. Beukenboom21-
10E. Erasmus10-
11F.B. Figaroa33-
12E.M. Bronswinkel19-
13O.A. Hassell10-

Bonaire

Population: 5,663 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 2,623
Valide votes: 2,511
Seats: 1

# Candidate Total per list Votes Result
Bonaire Democratic Party (PDB)
1J.A. Abraham1,373?Elected
2C.D. Christiaan?-
3Miss M.C. Hellmund?-
4J.H.R. Herrera?-
5A.J.H. Snijder?-
6A.A. Emerenciano?-
UNI
1S.C.G. Soliano1,138?-
2A.E. Booi?-
3Ch.J.A. Beukeboom?-
4F.C.A. Chirino?-
5E.B. Sint Jago?-
6L.D. Gerharts?-

SSS Islands

Population: 3,769 (31 December 1957, Sint Maarten: 1,558; Sint Eustatius: 1,087; Saba: 1,124)
Valide votes: 1,425
Seats: 1

# Candidate Total per list Votes Result
DP
1H.I. Lopes904646Elected
2A.C. Wathey158-
3D.C. Mathew23-
4W.C. Anslijn49-
5R.A. Sorton4-
6A. Schmidt24-
NVP
1Ch.E.W. Voges521404-
2H. Hassel60-
3E. Ridson4-
4C. Woodley13-
5C. Peterson12-
6S. Hazel28-

Aftermath

Jonckheer, Kroon, Van der Meer and Irausquin gave up their seats in parliament to become ministers in the Second Jonckheer cabinet. The first three were replaced by Hueck, Van der Linde-Helmijr and Bikker. Abbad was the replacement for Pieters Kwiers. Mid 1959 Leito succeeded Debrot.

Abraham died at the end of 1960.

References

  • Amigoe di Curaçao, 31 July 1958
  • Amigoe di Curaçao, 4 August 1958
  • Amigoe di Curaçao, 2 September 1958
  • Amigoe di Curaçao, 3 September 1958
  • Know Your Political History: St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius, by Edgar Lynch & Julian Lynch, Election Watchnite Association, 1990, page 27
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