, logo = , leader = Ruthmilda Larmonie-Cecilia , leader1_title = , leader1_name = , leader2_title = , leader2_name = , foundation = 19 April 1948 , split = Curaçaose Catholic Party , ideology =

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centre-right Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and ...

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PNP Kòrsou
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Estates of Curaçao Estate or The Estate may refer to: 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 ...

, seats1 = The National People's Party (PNP, pap, Partido Nashonal di Pueblo; ) is a Christian democratic

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established in 1948. The party participated in island council elections of the territory Curaçao as well as the Curaçao-constituency of the

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until the

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in 2010. The party then held seats in the first, second and third

, 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

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. Five other minister presidents of the country were affiliated with the PNP. At the

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in 2002,

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and

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respectively, the party won three, two and one of the 14 Curaçao-seats in the 22 seat

. In the island council of the island territory Curaçao in 2003 and 2007, the party won two seats. In the last island council the party obtained one of the 21 seats. The island council continued as

upon the

in October 2010.

Election results

References

Political parties in Curaçao 1948 establishments in Curaçao and Dependencies Political parties established in 1948 {{Curaçao-stub