National People's Party (Curaçao)
{{Infobox Political Party
|country = Curaçao
|name = National People's Party
|native_name = {{langx|pap|Partido Nashonal di Pueblo}}
{{Langx|nl|Nationale Volkspartij}}
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|leader = Ruthmilda Larmonie-Cecilia
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|foundation = 19 April 1948{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
|split = Curaçaose Catholic Party
|ideology =Christian democracy
|youth_wing=
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|regional = Christian Democrat Organization of America
|international = Centrist Democrat International
|position = Centre to centre-right
|colours = Green
|colorcode = #03733B
|headquarters =
|website = [http://www.pnpkorsou.com/ PNP Kòrsou]
|seats1_title = Estates of Curaçao
|seats1 ={{Composition bar|4|21|hex=#03733B}}
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The National People's Party (PNP, {{langx|pap|Partido Nashonal di Pueblo}}; {{Langx|nl|Nationale Volkspartij}}) is a Christian democratic political party in Curaçao established in 1948. The party participated in island council elections of the territory Curaçao as well as the Curaçao-constituency of the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles until the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010.
The party then held seats in the first, second and third Estates of Curaçao,{{cite web|url=http://www.kse.cw/eiland2010.html|title=Eilandsraadverkiezingen, 27 augustus 2010.|work=Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)|language=nl}}{{cite news|url=http://www.curacaochronicle.com/local/pueblo-soberano-biggest-party-after-elections-2012/|work=Curaçao Chronicle|title=Pueblo Soberano Biggest Party After Elections 2012|date=19 October 2012|access-date=2 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101011809/http://www.curacaochronicle.com/local/pueblo-soberano-biggest-party-after-elections-2012/|archive-date=1 November 2012|url-status=dead}} but lost that seat in the 2017 elections. They would obtain their best ever result in the next elections in 2021 for the fifth Estates, winning four seats and over 12% of the votes case.
Netherlands Antilles
The party was founded in 1948 by Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez, the first Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles.{{cite web|url=http://www.versgeperst.com/nieuws/174789/partijen-aan-het-woord-pnp.html|language=nl|title=Partijen aan het woord: PNP|date=12 October 2012|access-date=13 October 2012|author=Leoni Leidel-Schenk}} Five other minister presidents of the country were affiliated with the PNP. At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles in 2002, 2006 and 2010 respectively, the party won three,{{cite web|url=http://www.kse.cw/registrosivil/land2002/uitslag2002/index.html|title=Totaaluitslag 2002|work=Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)|access-date=3 October 2012|language=nl}} two{{cite web|url=http://www.kse.cw/land2010.html|title=Totaaluitslag 2010|work=Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)|access-date=3 October 2012|language=nl}} and one of the 14 Curaçao-seats in the 22 seat Estates of the Netherlands Antilles.
In the island council of the island territory Curaçao in 2003 and 2007, the party won two seats.{{cite web|url=http://www.kse.cw/registrosivil/eiland2003/uitslag2003/index.html|title=Verkiezingsuitslag 2003|work=Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)|access-date=3 October 2012|language=nl}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kse.cw/eiland2007.html|title=Eilandsraadverkiezingen, 2007.|work=Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)|access-date=3 October 2012|language=nl}} In the last island council the party obtained one of the 21 seats. The island council continued as Estates of Curaçao upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in October 2010.
Election results
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Election
!Leader ! Seats ! +/– ! Votes ! % ! Position ! Government |
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1951
| rowspan="4" |Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez |{{Composition bar|9|21|hex=#03733B}} | | | | | |
1955
|{{Composition bar|9|21|hex=#03733B}} | | | | | |
1959
|{{Composition bar|10|21|hex=#03733B}} | | | | | |
1963
|{{Composition bar|12|21|hex=#03733B}} | | | | | |
1967
| rowspan="3" |Juancho Evertsz |{{Composition bar|6|21|hex=#03733B}} | | | | | |
1971
|{{Composition bar|7|21|hex=#03733B}} | | | | | |
1975
|{{Composition bar|6|21|hex=#03733B}} | | | | | |
1979
| |{{Composition bar|5|21|hex=#03733B}} | | | | | |
1983
| |{{Composition bar|7|21|hex=#03733B}} | | | | | |
!1987 |{{Composition bar|8|21|hex=#03733B}} |{{increase}} 1 |26,090 |36.64 |1st | |
1991
| |{{Composition bar|10|21|hex=#03733B}} |{{increase}} 2 |33,164 |47.02 |1st | |
1995
| |{{Composition bar|4|21|hex=#03733B}} |{{decrease}} 6 |11,906 |16.92 |3rd | {{no2|Opposition}} |
1999
| |{{Composition bar|5|21|hex=#03733B}} |{{increase}} 1 |15,616 |22.13 |2nd | |
2003
| |{{Composition bar|2|21|hex=#03733B}} |{{decrease}} 3 |7,153 |10.65 |4th | |
2007
|Ersilia de Lannooy |{{Composition bar|2|21|hex=#03733B}} |{{steady}} |7,558 |10.15 |4th | |
2010
| rowspan="4" |Humphrey Davelaar | {{Composition bar|1|21|hex=#03733B}} | {{decrease}} 1 | 4,588 | 6.2 | 6th | {{no2|Opposition}} |
2012
| {{Composition bar|1|21|hex=#03733B}} | {{steady}} | 5,130 | 5.9 | 6th | {{yes2|Coalition}} |
2016
| {{Composition bar|2|21|hex=#03733B}} | {{increase}} 1 | 7,017 | 8.9 | 5th | {{yes2|Coalition}} |
2017
| {{Composition bar|0|21|hex=#03733B}} | {{decrease}} 0 | 3,099 | 3.9 | 9th | {{eliminated|Extra-parliamentary}} |
2021
| rowspan="2" align="left"| Ruthmilda Larmonie-Cecilia | {{Composition bar|4|21|hex=#03733B}} | {{increase}} 4 | 10,563 | 12.5 | 3rd | {{yes2|Coalition}} |
2025
| {{Composition bar|4|21|hex=#03733B}} | {{increase}} 0 | 12,297 | 16.31 | 2nd | {{yes2|Coalition}} |
References
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{{Curaçao political parties}}
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Category:Political parties in Curaçao
Category:1948 establishments in Curaçao and Dependencies
Category:Political parties established in 1948
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