Netherlands Antilles
The party was formed in the aftermath of constitutional referendums held on the islands in the Netherlands Antilles in 1993, when a majority had voted against the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 20.6% of the popular vote and 4 of 14 seats of the Curaçao constituency in the 22 seat Estates of Curaçao. Its leader Etiënne Ys became prime minister of the Netherlands Antilles. When the party won five and six seats respectively in the Netherlands Antilles general election in 2006 and 2010 its leader Emily de Jongh-Elhage became the last Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles.
In the island council of the island territory Curaçao the party won five and seven seats respectively. In the last island council the party obtained 8 of the 21 seats. The island council continued as Estates of Curaçao upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in October 2010.
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