General elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 1 September 1958. This

snap election A snap election is an election that is called earlier than the one that has been scheduled. Generally, a snap election in a parliamentary system (the dissolution of parliament) is called to capitalize on an unusual electoral opportunity or to ...

was held after discussions about changing the

Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands (in Dutch: ''Statuut voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden''; in Papiamentu: ''Statuut di Reino Hulandes'') is a legal instrument that sets out the political relationship between the four countries th ...

Results

Curaçao

Population: 124,340 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 49,636
Valid votes: 44,611
Seats: 12
Average valid votes per seat: 3,717.58

Aruba

Population: 57,213 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 18,642
Valid votes: 17,161
Seats: 8
Average valid votes per seat: 2,145.125

Bonaire

Population: 5,663 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 2,623
Valide votes: 2,511
Seats: 1

SSS Islands

Population: 3,769 (31 December 1957, Sint Maarten: 1,558; Sint Eustatius: 1,087; Saba: 1,124)
Valide votes: 1,425
Seats: 1

Aftermath

Jonckheer, Kroon, Van der Meer and Irausquin gave up their seats in parliament to become ministers in the

Second Jonckheer cabinet The Second Jonckheer cabinet was the 2nd cabinet of the Netherlands Antilles. Composition The cabinet was composed as follows: , Minister of General Affairs , Efrain Jonckheer , DP , 3 October 1958 , - , Minister of Social Affairs, Economic ...

. The first three were replaced by Hueck, Van der Linde-Helmijr and Bikker. Abbad was the replacement for Pieters Kwiers. Mid 1959 Leito succeeded Debrot. Abraham died at the end of 1960.

References

* Amigoe di Curaçao, 31 July 1958 * Amigoe di Curaçao, 4 August 1958 * Amigoe di Curaçao, 2 September 1958 * Amigoe di Curaçao, 3 September 1958 * ''Know Your Political History: St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius'', by Edgar Lynch & Julian Lynch, Election Watchnite Association, 1990, page 27 {{Netherlands Antilles elections, state=expanded Elections in the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles