At stake in this election:

• 21 seats in the Legislature (Staten)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: King WILLEM-ALEXANDER *
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Michiel Godfried EMAN
• Assembly: Aruba has a unicameral Legislature (Staten) with 21 seats.

* The King is represented by Governor General Fredis REFUNJOL (since 11 May 2004).

Description of electoral system:

• The King is hereditary head of state.
• Prime Minister is elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Legislature (Staten) 21 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** There is one nationwide district.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Aruban People's Party / Arubaanse Volkspartij (AVP)
  • Leader: Mike EMAN
  • Seats won in last election: 12
• Party: People's Electoral Movement / Movimiento Electoral di Pueblo
  • Leader: Evelyn WEVER-CROES
  • Seats won in last election: 8
• Party: Real Democracy Party / Partido Democracia Real (PDR)
  • Leader: Andin BIKKER
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Network of Electoral Democracy / Red Electoral Democratico (RED)
  • Leader: Armando (Rudy) LAMPE
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Patriotic Progressive Union / Union Patriotico Progresista (UPP)*****
  • Leader: Candelario (Booshi) WEVER
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Aruba 's Partiotic Party / Partido Patriotico Arubana (PPA)
  • Leader: Benedict (Benny) NISBET
  • Seats won in last election: 0

***** This will be the first election that the UPP contests.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 109,153 (July 2013 est.)
• Registered Voters: 68,756 (August 2013 )