Unbiased look at the Sint Maarten Elections
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Residents of the island went to the polls on Monday to elect some 15 persons to the House of Assembly.
Out of a total of 22, 302, some 13, 068 persons made use of the opportunity to cast their votes at the island’s 20 polling stations.
However, there were 373 invalid votes. Nine political parties were vying for seats in the Parliament of St. Maarten. Up to after 3 am this morning, the votes were still being tallied at the Main Voting Bureau, which was located at the House of Parliament.
At the end of the final preliminary count on Tuesday morning, the OSPP amassed 204 votes; the United People’s party 4,127 the United St. Maarten Party 2,796, SDM 603, SMCP 856, HOPE 75, PPA 229, DP 1810 and the National Alliance obtained 3,763 votes. The preliminary results indicated that the UP has garnered 5 seats, the National Alliance 5, the USP 3 while the Democratic Party received 2 seats. Chairman of the Main Voting Bureau is attorney Jason Rogers.
Meanwhile, at the John Lamonie Center 637 persons voted, at the Sundial School 769, St. Maarten Senior Citizen and Recreational Center 909, Sister Marie Laurence School 906, Dutch Quarter Community Center 958, MPC 999, Rupert Maynard Center 857, St. Maarten Academy 1, 019, Celebration Palace 840, Raoul Illidge Sports Complex 881, Charles Leopold School 769, Leonard Conner School 492, Simpson Bay Community Center 562, Belvedere Community Center 987, Melford Hazel Sports and Recreational Center 1, 188, MAC 805, Justice Academy 254, Seventh Day Adventist School 571, House of Detention 35 and the St. Maarten Home 47.
Full results available for download below.