2005 Curaçao status referendum
{{Politics of Curaçao}}
A status referendum was held on the island of Curaçao on 8 April 2005.
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| date = 2005-04-11
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The option of becoming an autonomous area within the Kingdom of the Netherlands was approved by 68% of voters.[http://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=an012005 Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles), 8 April 2005: Status] Direct Democracy {{in lang|de}}
Background
After the 1993 referendum failed to show support for a separate status for Curaçao, the government of the Netherlands Antilles tried to restructure the Netherlands Antilles and attempted to forge closer ties between the islands, as is exemplified by the adoption of an anthem of the Netherlands Antilles in 2000. A new referendum on Sint Maarten, which was in favour of a separate status for Sint Maarten as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, sparked a new series of referendums across the Netherlands Antilles, however. Curaçao was the last island to vote.
Results
{{Referendum results
|option1=Autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands|o1votes=42425
|option2=Integration into the Netherlands|o2votes=14769
|option3=Independence|o3votes=3014
|option4=Remain part of the Netherlands Antilles|o4votes=2342
|invalid=474
|electorate=114500
|source=[http://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=an012005 Direct Democracy]
}}
See also
References
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{{Curaçao elections}}
Category:Referendums in Curaçao
Category:Referendums in the Netherlands Antilles