General elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 17 March 1949. This was the first parliamentary election in the Netherlands Antilles after the introduction of universal suffrage. At previous elections ten of the fifteen seats in the Estates of Curaçao were elected, with the remaining five appointed by the governor. This time the elections were about 21 seats in the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles and no seats were appointed by the governor. The 21 elected seats consisted of eight for Curaçao, eight for Aruba, two for Bonaire and one for each of the three SSS Islands.

Results

PartyIslandVotes%Seats
National People's PartyCuraçao13,22429.914
Democratic PartyCuraçao10,00622.633
Aruban People's PartyAruba6,25714.155
Catholic People's PartyCuraçao5,30512.001
Aruban National UnionAruba4,79910.863
Curaçaoan Independent PartyCuraçao2,1654.900
List 3Bonaire9522.151
List 1Bonaire4831.091
List 2Bonaire3170.720
List 2Saba2810.641
List 1Sint Eustatius1690.381
List 1Saba1040.240
List 2Sint Eustatius970.220
Kwartsz ListAruba510.120
List 1Sint Maarten1
Total44,210100.0021
Registered voters/turnout53,529

Curaçao

Population: 95,195 (31 December 1948)
Entitled to vote: 37,688
Valid votes: 30,700
Invalid votes: 476
Seats: 8
Average valid votes per seat: 3,837.5

# Candidate Total per list Votes Result
National People's Party (NVP)
1M.F. da Costa Gomez13,22412,834Elected
2H.G.M. Pieters Kwiers109Elected
3E. Cohen Henriquez20Elected
4J. van Toorn5Elected
5Mrs. A.A. de Lannoy-Elisabeth19-
6E.C.B. Bartels Daal13-
7J.I. Boom3-
8E. Rozendaal4-
9J.R.A. Simoons45-
10M.E. Dovale2-
11W.R. Plantz3-
12E.M. Newton??-
13B.Ph. Römer5-
Democratic Party (DP)
1E. Jonckheer10,0067,833Elected
2C.D. Kroon54Elected
3S.W. van der Meer45-
4R.J. Isa13-
5C.H.W. Hueck22-
6H.L. Braam1,848Elected
7P.H. Maal76-
8Mrs. L.C. van der Linde-Helmijr2-
9C.G. da Costa Gomez?-
10J.B. Rosario0?-
11Miss C.C. van Uyten15-
12R. Martinez8-
13R. Beaujon85-
Catholic People's Party (KVP)
1I.C. Debrot5,3054,341Elected
2Mrs. A. Henriquez-Con124-
3A.M. Smit100-
4Miss A.M. van der Dijs25-
5P. Möhlmann603-
6M.R.W.B. Berkenveld41-
7Miss M.M.J. de Lannoy14-
8E.J. Morkos57-
Curaçaoan Independent Party (COP)
1H.B.C. Schotborgh2,165893-
2P. van der Hoeven1,066-
3C. Lopez Delvalle107-
4R.R. Muskus10-
5Mrs. E. Nieuwstraten-Fränkel15-
6J.W. v.d. Meulen6-
7W. Meijer38-
8O.W. Rigaud30-

Aruba

Population: 51,110 (31 December 1948)
Entitled to vote: 12,819
Valid votes: 11,107
Invalid votes: 288
Seats: 8
Average valid votes per seat: 1,388 3/8[1]

# Candidate Total per list Votes Result
Aruban People's Party (AVP)
1J.H.A. Eman6,2575,690Elected
2J.E. Irausquin192Elected
3P. Croes120Elected
4J. Geerman107Elected
5M.E. de Cuba34Elected
6A.J. Flanegin17-
7G. Croes3-
8A.E. Wever9-
9H.P. Oduber9-
10A.O. Scholten10-
11J.J.P. Oduber66-
Aruban National Union (UNA)
1F.B. Tromp4,7992,415Elected
2A.F. Dussenbroek396Elected
3M.S. Arends88Elected
4G. Amelink87-
5Mrs. L.S. Wernet-Paskel13-
6J.V. de Cuba190-
7T.D. Luydens16-
8H.P.E. Ecury137-
9A. Werleman37-
10R.M. Robles699-
11C. Maduro24-
12G.J. Schouten258-
13W. Nisbet439-
Kwartsz List
1F.J.Q. Kwartsz5151-

Bonaire

Population: 4,995 (31 December 1948)
Entitled to vote: 2,224
Valid votes: 1,752
Seats: 2
Average valid votes per seat: 876

# Candidate Total per list Votes Result
List 1
1M. Marchena483456Elected
2M.L. Booi27-
List 2
1E. Newton317149-
2C. Hellmund168-
List 3
1J.A. Abraham952229-
2W. Booi42-
3L.D. Gerharts522Elected
4M. de Bruin45-
5C.L. Neuman36-
6J.L. Ramirez3-
7E. Sint Jago75-

Saba

Population: 1.125 (31 December 1948)
Entitled to vote: 451
Valid votes: 385
Invalid votes: 15
Seats: 1

# Candidate Total per list Votes Result
List 1
1M.R.W.B. Berkenveld1048-
2Th. van Hugh Hassell96-
List 2
1W.G. Buncamper281101-
2W.R. Plantz1-
3C.E.W. Voges179Elected

Sint Eustatius

Population: 921 (31 December 1948)
Entitled to vote: 347
Valid votes: 266
Invalid votes: 15
Seats: 1

# Candidate Total per list Votes Result
List 1
1G.F.E. Cruger169154Elected
2C.G. Buncamper0-
3W.R. Plantz15-
List 2
1P.H. Maal9789-
2S. Rogers8-

Sint Maarten

Population: 1,568 (31 December 1948)
Entitled to vote: 578
Valid votes: n.a. (only one list of candidates)
Seats: 1

# Candidate Result
List 1
1W.R. PlantzElected
2C.E.W. Voges-
3L.R. Carthy-
4W.G. Buncamper-

Aftermath

The new session of the Estates started on 18 April 1949.

At this election women could not only for the first time vote for the parliament, there were also female candidates. None of them however were elected. After M.F. da Costa Gomez gave up his position in the parliament to join the 'College van Algemeen Bestuur' (CAB; early stage of the Council of Ministers), De Lannoy-Elisabeth succeeded him mid 1949 and became the first female member of the parliament in the Netherlands Antilles.[2] Plantz also joined the CAB and was succeeded by Buncamper.

Kroon left the parliament and because Van der Meer turned down the opportunity to succeed him, Isa could become a member of the Estates. At the end of 1949 Arends was succeeded by Amelink and Plantz returned after Buncamper gave up his seat in the parliament.

References

  1. "Uitslag stemmingen gehouden op 17 maart 1949". De Arubaanse Courant on Internet Archive (in Dutch). 1950-12-28.
  2. Algemeen Handelsblad, 27 May 1949
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