2000 Sint Maarten status referendum
{{Politics of Sint Maarten}}
A status referendum was held on the island of Sint Maarten on 22 June 2000.{{cite web| author = Cahoon, Benjamin M | title = Islands of the Netherlands Antilles: Sint Maarten | publisher = World Statesmen | url = http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Netherlands_Antilles_islands.html#Sint%20Maarten | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070220165358/http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Netherlands_Antilles_islands.html#Sint%20Maarten | archivedate = 2007-02-20 | accessdate = 2007-02-02}}
Background
After the 1994 referendum failed to show support for a separate status for Sint Maarten, the island council of Sint Maarten organized a new referendum in June 2000. This referendum came out in favour of a separate status for Sint Maarten as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and sparked a new series of referendums across the Netherlands Antilles.
Results
{{blockquote|I am in favor of:
- Sint Maarten maintaining its present status;
- Sint Maarten remaining a part of a restructured Netherlands Antilles;
- Sint Maarten becoming a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
- Sint Maarten becoming an independent country.[http://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=an012000 Sint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles), 23 June 2000: Status] Direct Democracy {{in lang|de}}}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
!Choice !Votes !% | ||
| style="text-align:left"|Maintaining the present status | 332 | 3.72 |
| style="text-align:left"|Remaining a part of a restructured Netherlands Antilles | 1,050 | 11.82 |
| style="text-align:left"|Becoming a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands | 6,212 | 69.98 |
| style="text-align:left"|Independence | 1,282 | 14.44 |
| style="text-align:left"|Invalid/blank votes | 145 | – |
| style="text-align:left"|Total | style="text-align:right"|9,021 | style="text-align:right"|100 |
|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left"|Registered voters/turnout | 16,193 | 55.70 |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#fff" colspan="3"|{{small|1=Source: [http://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=an012000 Direct Democracy]}} |