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2001 Aruban general election

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2001 Aruban general election

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All 21 seats in Parliament
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nelson Oduber Henny Eman
Party PEM AVP
Seats before 9 10
Seats won 12 6
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 4
Popular vote 25,172 12,749
Percentage 52.48% 26.58%
Swing Increase 13.68 Decrease 16.95

  Third party Fourth party
 
PPA
OLA
Party PPA OLA
Seats before 0 3
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 4,598 2,713
Percentage 9.59% 5.66%
Swing Increase 5.00 Decrease 3.23

Prime Minister before election

Henny Eman
AVP

Elected Prime Minister

Nelson Oduber
PEM

General elections were held in Aruba on 28 September 2001. The result was a landslide victory for the People's Electoral Movement, which won 12 of the 21 seats in the Estates.[1]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Electoral Movement25,17252.4812+3
Aruban People's Party12,74926.586–4
Aruban Patriotic Party4,5989.592+2
Aruban Liberal Organization2,7135.661–2
Aruban Democratic Alliance1,6663.470New
Concentration for the Liberation of Aruba5401.130New
National Democratic Alliance5311.1100
Total47,969100.00210
Valid votes47,96998.77
Invalid/blank votes5961.23
Total votes48,565100.00
Registered voters/turnout56,61785.78
Source: Caribbean Elections, CBS

References

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  1. ^ South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2003, Taylor & Francis, p104