1958 Netherlands Antilles general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 1 September 1958. This snap election was held after discussions about changing the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Results[edit]


Party		Island	Votes	%	Seats
	National People's Party	Curaçao	20,353	30.97	6
	Democratic Party	Curaçao	18,771	28.57	5
	Aruban Patriotic Party	Aruba	9,912	15.08	5
	Catholic People's Party	Curaçao	5,487	8.35	1
	Aruban People's Party	Aruba	4,505	6.86	2
	Aruban National Union	Aruba	2,059	3.13	1
	Bonaire Democratic Party	Bonaire	1,373	2.09	1
	Partido Boneriano Uni	Bonaire	1,138	1.73	0
	Democratic Party Sint Maarten	SSS Islands	904	1.38	1
	National People's Party–Aruba	Aruba	685	1.04	0
	National People's Party	SSS Islands	521	0.79	0
Total			65,708	100.00	22

Curaçao[edit]

Population: 124,340 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 49,636
Valid votes: 44,611
Seats: 12
Average valid votes per seat: 3,717.58

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
National People's Party (NVP) / Curaçaoan Independent Party (COP)
1	M.F. da Costa Gomez	20,353	17,448	Elected
2	H.G.M. Pieters Kwiers		90	Elected
3	B.Ph. Römer		36	Elected
4	P. van der Hoeven		1,971	Elected
5	C.E. Dip		70	Elected
6	Ch.E.W. Voges		133	Elected
7	S.D. Abbad		80	-
8	C.E. Cathalina		29	-
9	E.J. van Romondt		159	-
10	A.R. Winklaar		25	-
11	W. de Boer		124	-
12	A.P. Loewenthal		18	-
13	G.E.A. Booi		33	-
14	P.A. Lauffer		6	-
15	Ph.J. Evertsz		23	-
16	E.L.C. van Rosberg		13	-
17	F.R. Brion		55	-
Democratic Party (DP)
1	E. Jonckheer	18,771	14,071	Elected
2	C.D. Kroon		757	Elected
3	S.W. van der Meer		90	Elected
4	R.J. Isa		51	Elected
5	C.H.W. Hueck		27	-
6	H.L. Braam		2,352	Elected
7	Mrs. L.C. van der Linde-Helmijr		46	-
8	J.A.O. Bikker		24	-
9	R. Elhage		69	-
10	P.A. van der Veen		32	-
11	D. van der Ree		38	-
12	S.G.M. Rozendal		31	-
13	A.G. de Windt		48	-
14	M.A. Margaretha		34	-
15	C.C. Peterson		1,005	-
16	M.J. Vidal		16	-
17	E.M.H. Agnes		40	-
Catholic People's Party (KVP)
1	I.C. Debrot	5,487	3,669	Elected
2	B.M. Leito		108	-
3	J.L. Martina		93	-
4	J.J. Buhre		1,033	-
5	H.M. van Delden		137	-
6	M.J.M. Lichtveld		104	-
7	P. Maduro		12	-
8	V.C. Vinck		75	-
9	H.G. Zimmerman		65	-
10	E.J. Morkos		63	-
11	G.T. Lauff		5	-
12	Miss R.M. Panneflek		20	-
13	W. Rigaud		22	-
14	V.R. Maduro		18	-
15	R.T. Macares		26	-
16	E.C. Albertoe		18	-
17	W.R. Hooi		19	-

Aruba[edit]

Population: 57,213 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 18,642
Valid votes: 17,161
Seats: 8
Average valid votes per seat: 2,145.125

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
Aruban Patriotic Party (PPA)
1	J.E. Irausquin	9,912	3,683	Elected
2	M. Henriquez		346	Elected
3	J. Erasmus		465	Elected
4	O. Croes		112	Elected
5	E.R. Finck		890	Elected
6	W.C. Anslijn		1142	-
7	J.R.L. Beaujon		139	-
8	F. Sebastiano		486	-
9	J. Geerman		592	-
10	E.O. Petronia		518	-
11	J.M. Leonardo		158	-
12	D.C. Mathew		772	-
13	C. Angela		612	-
Aruban People's Party (AVP)
1	C.A. Eman	4,505	2946	Elected
2	D.G. Croes		648	Elected
3	M. Croes		176	-
4	L.V. Britten		114	-
5	J.A. Croes		24	-
6	S. Geerman		87	-
7	D. Flemming		109	-
8	M. Arends		13	-
9	J.C. Lampe		59	-
10	A.H. Raven		55	-
11	J.P. Falconi		46	-
12	E.M. Lacle		93	-
13	F. Maduro		142	-
UNA
1	A. Werleman	2,059	1087	Elected
2	F.B. Tromp		262	-
3	A.F. Dussenbroek		344	-
4	M.J. Croes		60	-
5	Th.J. Figaroa		148	-
6	R.C. Oduber		19	-
7	L. Wever		30	-
8	Th.D. Luydens		19	-
9	Miss T.F. Palm		28	-
10	Th. Leest		13	-
11	R.E. Frank		16	-
12	I. Croes		6	-
13	C.P. Schwengle		22	-
NVP-A
1	M.F. da Costa Gomez	685	225	-
2	D.A. Vlaun		66	-
3	A.W.A. Heidewiller		104	-
4	G. Swart		69	-
5	M.P. Boekhouder		71	-
6	J. Eleonora		18	-
7	W.T. Holman		18	-
8	J. Priest		21	-
9	C.R. Beukenboom		21	-
10	E. Erasmus		10	-
11	F.B. Figaroa		33	-
12	E.M. Bronswinkel		19	-
13	O.A. Hassell		10	-

Bonaire[edit]

Population: 5,663 (31 December 1957)
Entitled to vote: 2,623
Valide votes: 2,511
Seats: 1

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
Bonaire Democratic Party (PDB)
1	J.A. Abraham	1,373	?	Elected
2	C.D. Christiaan		?	-
3	Miss M.C. Hellmund		?	-
4	J.H.R. Herrera		?	-
5	A.J.H. Snijder		?	-
6	A.A. Emerenciano		?	-
UNI
1	S.C.G. Soliano	1,138	?	-
2	A.E. Booi		?	-
3	Ch.J.A. Beukeboom		?	-
4	F.C.A. Chirino		?	-
5	E.B. Sint Jago		?	-
6	L.D. Gerharts		?	-

SSS Islands[edit]

Population: 3,769 (31 December 1957, Sint Maarten: 1,558; Sint Eustatius: 1,087; Saba: 1,124)
Valide votes: 1,425
Seats: 1

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
DP
1	H.I. Lopes	904	646	Elected
2	A.C. Wathey		158	-
3	D.C. Mathew		23	-
4	W.C. Anslijn		49	-
5	R.A. Sorton		4	-
6	A. Schmidt		24	-
NVP
1	Ch.E.W. Voges	521	404	-
2	H. Hassel		60	-
3	E. Ridson		4	-
4	C. Woodley		13	-
5	C. Peterson		12	-
6	S. Hazel		28	-

Aftermath[edit]

Jonckheer, Kroon, Van der Meer and Irausquin gave up their seats in parliament to become ministers in the Second Jonckheer cabinet. The first three were replaced by Hueck, Van der Linde-Helmijr and Bikker. Abbad was the replacement for Pieters Kwiers. Mid 1959 Leito succeeded Debrot.

Abraham died at the end of 1960.

References[edit]

Amigoe di Curaçao, 31 July 1958
Amigoe di Curaçao, 4 August 1958
Amigoe di Curaçao, 2 September 1958
Amigoe di Curaçao, 3 September 1958
Know Your Political History: St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius, by Edgar Lynch & Julian Lynch, Election Watchnite Association, 1990, page 27