The Bonaire Democratic Party (Partido Democratico Bonairano) is a political party in Bonaire, the Netherlands Antilles. At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 2.6% of the popular vote and 1 out of 22 Parliament seats. At the elections of 27 January 2006, the party kept 1 seat. Of the total popular votes of the population of Bonaire, the party got 45% of the votes. The Democratic Party of Bonaire under the leadership of Jopie Abraham is a very progressive social-democratic party who stands for expanded autonomy for the island of Bonaire.
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