Elections in Aruba

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Aruba elects a legislature on the national level. The Estates (Staten) have 21 members,{{cite constitution|country=Aruba|article=III|section=2|ratified=1987|language=Dutch|url=http://arubaoverheid-preproductie.sim-otap.nl/document.php?m=25&fileid=13355&f=949954a6192f1bf159ce2a8d4c1aeafe&attachment=0&c=19072|accessdate=26 April 2015}} elected for a four-year term by Open list Party-list proportional representation. Seats are distributed between parties that have gained at least one full quota (1/21, or approximately 4.76% of the vote) using the Hagenbach-Bischoff system (a variant of the D'Hondt method).{{cite act|number=AB 1987 no. 110, AB 1994 no. 30, AB 1997 no. 34, AB 2001 no. 100 AB 2009 no. 83 of 18|title=LANDSVERORDENING, houdende regelen betreffende het kies- recht en de verkiezingen van de leden van de Staten van Aruba|date=18 September 2013|url=http://www.overheid.aw/document.php?m=7&fileid=5592&f=0e70b53fb1b57001d7427f55d58ffd90&attachment=0&c=6074|access-date=26 April 2015|article=91-94|language=nl}} Before becoming its own country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Aruba participated in elections for its Island Council and for the Aruba constituency of the parliament of the Netherlands Antilles.

Aruba has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful.