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
Party | Island | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National People's Party | Curaçao | 20,353 | 30.97 | 6 | |
Democratic Party | Curaçao | 18,771 | 28.57 | 5 | |
Aruban Patriotic Party | Aruba | 9,912 | 15.08 | 5 | |
Catholic People's Party | Curaçao | 5,487 | 8.35 | 1 | |
Aruban People's Party | Aruba | 4,505 | 6.86 | 2 | |
Aruban National Union | Aruba | 2,059 | 3.13 | 1 | |
Bonaire Democratic Party | Bonaire | 1,373 | 2.09 | 1 | |
Partido Boneriano Uni | Bonaire | 1,138 | 1.73 | 0 | |
Democratic Party Sint Maarten | SSS Islands | 904 | 1.38 | 1 | |
National People's Party–Aruba | Aruba | 685 | 1.04 | 0 | |
National People's Party | SSS Islands | 521 | 0.79 | 0 | |
Total | 65,708 | 100.00 | 22 |
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) | ||||
1 | M.F. da Costa Gomez | 20,353 | 17,448 | Elected |
2 | H.G.M. Pieters Kwiers | 90 | Elected | |
3 | B.Ph. Römer | 36 | Elected | |
4 | P. van der Hoeven | 1,971 | Elected | |
5 | C.E. Dip | 70 | Elected | |
6 | Ch.E.W. Voges | 133 | Elected | |
7 | S.D. Abbad | 80 | - | |
8 | C.E. Cathalina | 29 | - | |
9 | E.J. van Romondt | 159 | - | |
10 | A.R. Winklaar | 25 | - | |
11 | W. de Boer | 124 | - | |
12 | A.P. Loewenthal | 18 | - | |
13 | G.E.A. Booi | 33 | - | |
14 | P.A. Lauffer | 6 | - | |
15 | Ph.J. Evertsz | 23 | - | |
16 | E.L.C. van Rosberg | 13 | - | |
17 | F.R. Brion | 55 | - | |
Democratic Party (DP) | ||||
1 | E. Jonckheer | 18,771 | 14,071 | Elected |
2 | C.D. Kroon | 757 | Elected | |
3 | S.W. van der Meer | 90 | Elected | |
4 | R.J. Isa | 51 | Elected | |
5 | C.H.W. Hueck | 27 | - | |
6 | H.L. Braam | 2,352 | Elected | |
7 | Mrs. L.C. van der Linde-Helmijr | 46 | - | |
8 | J.A.O. Bikker | 24 | - | |
9 | R. Elhage | 69 | - | |
10 | P.A. van der Veen | 32 | - | |
11 | D. van der Ree | 38 | - | |
12 | S.G.M. Rozendal | 31 | - | |
13 | A.G. de Windt | 48 | - | |
14 | M.A. Margaretha | 34 | - | |
15 | C.C. Peterson | 1,005 | - | |
16 | M.J. Vidal | 16 | - | |
17 | E.M.H. Agnes | 40 | - | |
Catholic People's Party (KVP) | ||||
1 | I.C. Debrot | 5,487 | 3,669 | Elected |
2 | B.M. Leito | 108 | - | |
3 | J.L. Martina | 93 | - | |
4 | J.J. Buhre | 1,033 | - | |
5 | H.M. van Delden | 137 | - | |
6 | M.J.M. Lichtveld | 104 | - | |
7 | P. Maduro | 12 | - | |
8 | V.C. Vinck | 75 | - | |
9 | H.G. Zimmerman | 65 | - | |
10 | E.J. Morkos | 63 | - | |
11 | G.T. Lauff | 5 | - | |
12 | Miss R.M. Panneflek | 20 | - | |
13 | W. Rigaud | 22 | - | |
14 | V.R. Maduro | 18 | - | |
15 | R.T. Macares | 26 | - | |
16 | E.C. Albertoe | 18 | - | |
17 | W.R. Hooi | 19 | - |
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) | ||||
1 | J.E. Irausquin | 9,912 | 3,683 | Elected |
2 | M. Henriquez | 346 | Elected | |
3 | J. Erasmus | 465 | Elected | |
4 | O. Croes | 112 | Elected | |
5 | E.R. Finck | 890 | Elected | |
6 | W.C. Anslijn | 1142 | - | |
7 | J.R.L. Beaujon | 139 | - | |
8 | F. Sebastiano | 486 | - | |
9 | J. Geerman | 592 | - | |
10 | E.O. Petronia | 518 | - | |
11 | J.M. Leonardo | 158 | - | |
12 | D.C. Mathew | 772 | - | |
13 | C. Angela | 612 | - | |
Aruban People's Party (AVP) | ||||
1 | C.A. Eman | 4,505 | 2946 | Elected |
2 | D.G. Croes | 648 | Elected | |
3 | M. Croes | 176 | - | |
4 | L.V. Britten | 114 | - | |
5 | J.A. Croes | 24 | - | |
6 | S. Geerman | 87 | - | |
7 | D. Flemming | 109 | - | |
8 | M. Arends | 13 | - | |
9 | J.C. Lampe | 59 | - | |
10 | A.H. Raven | 55 | - | |
11 | J.P. Falconi | 46 | - | |
12 | E.M. Lacle | 93 | - | |
13 | F. Maduro | 142 | - | |
UNA | ||||
1 | A. Werleman | 2,059 | 1087 | Elected |
2 | F.B. Tromp | 262 | - | |
3 | A.F. Dussenbroek | 344 | - | |
4 | M.J. Croes | 60 | - | |
5 | Th.J. Figaroa | 148 | - | |
6 | R.C. Oduber | 19 | - | |
7 | L. Wever | 30 | - | |
8 | Th.D. Luydens | 19 | - | |
9 | Miss T.F. Palm | 28 | - | |
10 | Th. Leest | 13 | - | |
11 | R.E. Frank | 16 | - | |
12 | I. Croes | 6 | - | |
13 | C.P. Schwengle | 22 | - | |
NVP-A | ||||
1 | M.F. da Costa Gomez | 685 | 225 | - |
2 | D.A. Vlaun | 66 | - | |
3 | A.W.A. Heidewiller | 104 | - | |
4 | G. Swart | 69 | - | |
5 | M.P. Boekhouder | 71 | - | |
6 | J. Eleonora | 18 | - | |
7 | W.T. Holman | 18 | - | |
8 | J. Priest | 21 | - | |
9 | C.R. Beukenboom | 21 | - | |
10 | E. Erasmus | 10 | - | |
11 | F.B. Figaroa | 33 | - | |
12 | E.M. Bronswinkel | 19 | - | |
13 | O.A. Hassell | 10 | - |
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) | ||||
1 | J.A. Abraham | 1,373 | ? | Elected |
2 | C.D. Christiaan | ? | - | |
3 | Miss M.C. Hellmund | ? | - | |
4 | J.H.R. Herrera | ? | - | |
5 | A.J.H. Snijder | ? | - | |
6 | A.A. Emerenciano | ? | - | |
UNI | ||||
1 | S.C.G. Soliano | 1,138 | ? | - |
2 | A.E. Booi | ? | - | |
3 | Ch.J.A. Beukeboom | ? | - | |
4 | F.C.A. Chirino | ? | - | |
5 | E.B. Sint Jago | ? | - | |
6 | L.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 | ||||
1 | H.I. Lopes | 904 | 646 | Elected |
2 | A.C. Wathey | 158 | - | |
3 | D.C. Mathew | 23 | - | |
4 | W.C. Anslijn | 49 | - | |
5 | R.A. Sorton | 4 | - | |
6 | A. Schmidt | 24 | - | |
NVP | ||||
1 | Ch.E.W. Voges | 521 | 404 | - |
2 | H. Hassel | 60 | - | |
3 | E. Ridson | 4 | - | |
4 | C. Woodley | 13 | - | |
5 | C. Peterson | 12 | - | |
6 | S. Hazel | 28 | - |
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