Curaçao
Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...
elects a
legislature
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called the
Estates of Curaçao
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Law
* Estate (law), a term in common law for a person's property, entitlements and obligations
* Estates of the realm, a broad social category in the histories of certain countries.
** The Estates, representati ...
. It consists of 21 members, elected for a four-year term by
proportional representation
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. The first Estates of Curaçao were the succession of the
Island council of Curaçao (a form of devolved government in the
Netherlands Antilles
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), upon the
dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was dissolved on 10 October 2010.
After dissolution, the "BES islands" of the Dutch Caribbean—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba—became th ...
in 2010. In October 2012, elections were held for the Estates.
Prior to becoming a "land" ( en, constituent country) within the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010, elections were held for the
Island Council and of the Curaçao constituency of the
Estates of the Netherlands Antilles
The Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles (; ), also translated as the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles, was the parliament of the Netherlands Antilles. It comprised 22 members, elected for a four-year term in three multi-seat constituencies ...
.
In addition, Curaçao has held referendums in 1993, 2005 and 2009.
Latest elections
2017 elections
2016 elections
2012 Elections
2010 Elections
See also
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2012 Curaçao general election
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Electoral calendar
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January
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Electoral system
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References
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