2024 Sint Maarten general election

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2024 Sint Maarten general election
Sint Maarten
← 2020 11 January 2024

All 15 seats in Parliament
8 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Current seats
NA Silveria Jacobs 6
UPP Theodore Heyliger 4
USP Frans Richardson 2
PFP Melissa Gumbs 2
UD Sarah Wescot-Williams 1
Incumbent Prime Minister
Silveria Jacobs
NA

General elections are scheduled to be held in Sint Maarten on 11 January 2024.[1][2][3]

Electoral system[edit]

The 15 seats in the Estates were elected by proportional representation.[4] In order to participate in the election, new parties and parties without a seat in parliament were required to obtain at least 134 signatures; 1% of the valid votes of the 2020 general elections.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UPDATE: Voters to go to polls January 11, 2024". The Daily Herald. 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  2. ^ "Sint Maarten to hold Election on January 11, 2024". St Vincent Times. 2023-08-30. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  3. ^ "Sint Maarten announces Election 2024 date". Loop News. 30 August 2023.
  4. ^ The Constitution Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Estates of Sint Maarten
  5. ^ "Election Ordinance - Government of Sint Maarten" (PDF). Government of Sint Maarten.