1949 Netherlands Antilles general election

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

Curaçao

Population: 95,195
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	-	-	-	-
1	M.F. da Costa Gomez	13,224	12,834	Elected
2	H.G.M. Pieters Kwiers	109	Elected	-
3	E. Cohen Henriquez	20	Elected	-
4	J. van Toorn	5	Elected	-
5	Mrs. A.A. de Lannoy-Elisabeth	19	-	-
6	E.C.B. Bartels Daal	13	-	-
7	J.I. Boom	3	-	-
8	E. Rozendaal	4	-	-
9	J.R.A. Simoons	45	-	-
10	M.E. Dovale	2	-	-
11	W.R. Plantz	3	-	-
12	E.M. Newton	??	-	-
13	B.Ph. Römer	5	-	-
Democratic Party	-	-	-	-
1	E. Jonckheer	10,006	7,833	Elected
2	C.D. Kroon	54	Elected	-
3	S.W. van der Meer	45	-	-
4	R.J. Isa	13	-	-
5	C.H.W. Hueck	22	-	-
6	H.L. Braam	1,848	Elected	-
7	P.H. Maal	76	-	-
8	Mrs. L.C. van der Linde-Helmijr	2	-	-
9	C.G. da Costa Gomez	?	-	-
10	J.B. Rosario	0?	-	-
11	Miss C.C. van Uyten	15	-	-
12	R. Martinez	8	-	-
13	R. Beaujon	85	-	-
Catholic People's Party	-	-	-	-
1	I.C. Debrot	5,305	4,341	Elected
2	Mrs. A. Henriquez-Con	124	-	-
3	A.M. Smit	100	-	-
4	Miss A.M. van der Dijs	25	-	-
5	P. Möhlmann	603	-	-
6	M.R.W.B. Berkenveld	41	-	-
7	Miss M.M.J. de Lannoy	14	-	-
8	E.J. Morkos	57	-	-
Curaçaoan Independent Party	-	-	-	-
1	H.B.C. Schotborgh	2,165	893	-
2	P. van der Hoeven	1,066	-	-
3	C. Lopez Delvalle	107	-	-
4	R.R. Muskus	10	-	-
5	Mrs. E. Nieuwstraten-Fränkel	15	-	-
6	J.W. v.d. Meulen	6	-	-
7	W. Meijer	38	-	-
8	O.W. Rigaud	30	-	-

Aruba

Population: 51,110
Entitled to vote: 12,819
Valid votes: 11,107
Invalid votes: 288

Seats: 8
Average valid votes per seat: 1,388 3/8

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
Aruban People's Party	-	-	-	-
1	J.H.A. Eman	6,257	5,690	Elected
2	J.E. Irausquin	192	Elected	-
3	P. Croes	120	Elected	-
4	J. Geerman	107	Elected	-
5	M.E. de Cuba	34	Elected	-
6	A.J. Flanegin	17	-	-
7	G. Croes	3	-	-
8	A.E. Wever	9	-	-
9	H.P. Oduber	9	-	-
10	A.O. Scholten	10	-	-
11	J.J.P. Oduber	66	-	-
Aruban National Union	-	-	-	-
1	F.B. Tromp	4,799	2,415	Elected
2	A.F. Dussenbroek	396	Elected	-
3	M.S. Arends	88	Elected	-
4	G. Amelink	87	-	-
5	Mrs. L.S. Wernet-Paskel	13	-	-
6	J.V. de Cuba	190	-	-
7	T.D. Luydens	16	-	-
8	H.P.E. Ecury	137	-	-
9	A. Werleman	37	-	-
10	R.M. Robles	699	-	-
11	C. Maduro	24	-	-
12	G.J. Schouten	258	-	-
13	W. Nisbet	439	-	-
Kwartsz List	-	-	-	-
1	F.J.Q. Kwartsz	51	51	-

Bonaire

Population: 4,995
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	-	-	-	-
1	M. Marchena	483	456	Elected
2	M.L. Booi	27	-	-
List 2	-	-	-	-
1	E. Newton	317	149	-
2	C. Hellmund	168	-	-
List 3	-	-	-	-
1	J.A. Abraham	952	229	-
2	W. Booi	42	-	-
3	L.D. Gerharts	522	Elected	-
4	M. de Bruin	45	-	-
5	C.L. Neuman	36	-	-
6	J.L. Ramirez	3	-	-
7	E. Sint Jago	75	-	-

Saba

Population: 1.125
Entitled to vote: 451
Valid votes: 385
Invalid votes: 15
Seats: 1

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
List 1	-	-	-	-
1	M.R.W.B. Berkenveld	104	8	-
2	Th. van Hugh Hassell	96	-	-
List 2	-	-	-	-
1	W.G. Buncamper	281	101	-
2	W.R. Plantz	1	-	-
3	C.E.W. Voges	179	Elected	-

Sint Eustatius

Population: 921
Entitled to vote: 347
Valid votes: 266
Invalid votes: 15
Seats: 1

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
List 1	-	-	-	-
1	G.F.E. Cruger	169	154	Elected
2	C.G. Buncamper	0	-	-
3	W.R. Plantz	15	-	-
List 2	-	-	-	-
1	P.H. Maal	97	89	-
2	S. Rogers	8	-	-

Sint Maarten

Population: 1,568
Entitled to vote: 578
Valid votes: n.a.
Seats: 1

#	Candidate	Result
List 1	-	-
1	W.R. Plantz	Elected
2	C.E.W. Voges	-
3	L.R. Carthy	-
4	W.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', De Lannoy-Elisabeth succeeded him mid 1949 and became the first female member of the parliament in the Netherlands Antilles. 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.