The National People's Party (PNP, ; ) is a

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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 Estates of the Netherlands Antilles until the

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

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, 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

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

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elections in the Netherlands Antilles 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 Estates of the Netherlands Antilles. 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

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