General Information
At stake in this election:
- 21 seats in the Legislature (Staten)
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: Queen BEATRIX *
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Nelson O. ODUBER
- Assembly: Aruba has a unicameral Legislature (Staten) with 21 seats.
* The Queen is represented by Governor General Fredis REFUNJOL (since 11 May 2004).
Description of electoral system:
- The Queen is the hereditary head of state.
- The Prime Minister is elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term.
- In the Legislature (Staten) 21 members are elected by open list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms.***
*** There is one nationwide district. The electoral system is open list PR. Party lists may contain up to 29 candidates.
Main parties in the electoral race:
- Party: People's Electoral Movement / Movimiento Electoral di Pueblo (MEP)
- Leader: Nelson O.Oduber
- Seats won in this election: 8
- Party: Aruban People's Party / Arubaanse Volkspartij/Partido di Pueblo Arubano (AVP)
- Leader: Mike Eman
- Seats won in this election: 12
- Party: Aruban Patriotic Movement / Movimento Patriótico Arubano (MPA)
- Leader: Monica Arends-Knock
- Seats won in this election: 0
- Party: Real Democracy Party / Democracia Real (DR)
- Seats won in this election: 1
- Party: Network of Electoral Democracy / Red Electoral Democratic (RED)
- Seats won in this election: 0
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 103,065 (July 2009 est.)