The People's Electoral Movement ( nl, Electorale Volksbeweging, pap, Movimiento Electoral di Pueblo, MEP) is a

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Aruba Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba ( nl, Land Aruba; pap, Pais Aruba) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the mid-south of the Caribbean Sea, about north of the Venezuela peninsula of P ...

. following the 2001 general election for the Parliament of Aruba the party won 52.4% of popular vote and 12 out of 21 seats. in the 2005 general election, the party won 43% of the popular vote and 11 out of 21 seats thus won the election and remained in power. in the 2009 general election, MEP lost 2 seats and won 36% of the vote, subsequently losing the election. In the 2017 general election. The MEP won 37% of the vote, and gained a seat, following the appointment of a

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, The MEP agreed to form a

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with Pueblo Orguyoso y Respeta (POR) and Network of Electoral Democracy (RED). Following the 2021 Aruban general election, the MEP remained the largest party in Parliament and went on subsequently to form a minority government.

Notable members

* Betico Croes, political activist who played a major role in Aruba's separation of the

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* Nelson Oduber, 2nd

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* Frans Figaroa, former

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and Speaker of the Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles * Evelyn Wever-Croes, incumbent

References

External links

* Former member parties of the Socialist International Political parties in Aruba 1971 establishments in the Netherlands Antilles Political parties established in 1971 {{Aruba-stub