General Information
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 )