The Aruban People's Party (AVP; , ) is a
Christian-democratic
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Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well a ...
political party
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in
Aruba
Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba, is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná Peninsula, Paraguaná and northwest of Curaçao. In 19 ...
founded in 1942.
AVP is an acronym for the Dutch name of the party.
At the 2001
elections, on 28 September 2001, the party won 26.7% of popular votes or 6 out of 21 seats. On 23 September 2005, the party won 38% of the popular vote or eight out of 21 seats, making it the largest opposition party of the nation. In the 25 September 2009 election, the party came to power, winning 48% of the popular vote and 12 of the 21 seats. It held a majority in the
Estates of Aruba obtaining 13 seats.
In the
2017 general election the AVP lost four of its thirteen seats in the
Parliament of Aruba, with both the AVP and MEP winning nine seats each respectively, neither party had a majority in Parliament, until the formation of the coalition. AVP leader
Mike Eman subsequently announced that he would resign the leadership of the AVP and that the AVP would become an opposition party.
in the
2021 general election the AVP lost two of its nine seats in the Parliament, subsequently losing the election
Election results
Netherlands Antilles Island Council elections
Aruba general elections
References
Christian democratic parties in North America
Political parties in Aruba
Protestant political parties
1942 establishments in Curaçao and Dependencies
Political parties established in 1942
Conservative parties
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