1958 Netherlands Antilles general election


General elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 1 September 1958. This snap election was held after discussions about changing the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Results

Curaçao

Population: 124,340
Entitled to vote: 49,636
Valid votes: 44,611
Seats: 12
Average valid votes per seat: 3,717.58
#CandidateTotal per listVotesResult
National People's Party / Curaçaoan Independent Party ----
1M.F. da Costa Gomez20,35317,448Elected
2H.G.M. Pieters Kwiers90Elected-
3B.Ph. Römer36Elected-
4P. van der Hoeven1,971Elected-
5C.E. Dip70Elected-
6Ch.E.W. Voges133Elected-
7S.D. Abbad80--
8C.E. Cathalina29--
9E.J. van Romondt159--
10A.R. Winklaar25--
11W. de Boer124--
12A.P. Loewenthal18--
13G.E.A. Booi33--
14P.A. Lauffer6--
15Ph.J. Evertsz23--
16E.L.C. van Rosberg13--
17F.R. Brion55--
Democratic Party ----
1E. Jonckheer18,77114,071Elected
2C.D. Kroon757Elected-
3S.W. van der Meer90Elected-
4R.J. Isa51Elected-
5C.H.W. Hueck27--
6H.L. Braam2,352Elected-
7Mrs. L.C. van der Linde-Helmijr46--
8J.A.O. Bikker24--
9R. Elhage69--
10P.A. van der Veen32--
11D. van der Ree38--
12S.G.M. Rozendal31--
13A.G. de Windt48--
14M.A. Margaretha34--
15C.C. Peterson1,005--
16M.J. Vidal16--
17E.M.H. Agnes40--
Catholic People's Party ----
1I.C. Debrot5,4873,669Elected
2B.M. Leito108--
3J.L. Martina93--
4J.J. Buhre1,033--
5H.M. van Delden137--
6M.J.M. Lichtveld104--
7P. Maduro12--
8V.C. Vinck75--
9H.G. Zimmerman65--
10E.J. Morkos63--
11G.T. Lauff5--
12Miss R.M. Panneflek20--
13W. Rigaud22--
14V.R. Maduro18--
15R.T. Macares26--
16E.C. Albertoe18--
17W.R. Hooi19--

Aruba

Population: 57,213
Entitled to vote: 18,642
Valid votes: 17,161
Seats: 8
Average valid votes per seat: 2,145.125
#CandidateTotal per listVotesResult
Aruban Patriotic Party ----
1J.E. Irausquin9,9123,683Elected
2M. Henriquez346Elected-
3J. Erasmus465Elected-
4O. Croes112Elected-
5E.R. Finck890Elected-
6W.C. Anslijn1142--
7J.R.L. Beaujon139--
8F. Sebastiano486--
9J. Geerman592--
10E.O. Petronia518--
11J.M. Leonardo158--
12D.C. Mathew772--
13C. Angela612--
Aruban People's Party ----
1C.A. Eman4,5052946Elected
2D.G. Croes648Elected-
3M. Croes176--
4L.V. Britten114--
5J.A. Croes24--
6S. Geerman87--
7D. Flemming109--
8M. Arends13--
9J.C. Lampe59--
10A.H. Raven55--
11J.P. Falconi46--
12E.M. Lacle93--
13F. Maduro142--
UNA----
1A. Werleman2,0591087Elected
2F.B. Tromp262--
3A.F. Dussenbroek344--
4M.J. Croes60--
5Th.J. Figaroa148--
6R.C. Oduber19--
7L. Wever30--
8Th.D. Luydens19--
9Miss T.F. Palm28--
10Th. Leest13--
11R.E. Frank16--
12I. Croes6--
13C.P. Schwengle22--
NVP-A----
1M.F. da Costa Gomez685225-
2D.A. Vlaun66--
3A.W.A. Heidewiller104--
4G. Swart69--
5M.P. Boekhouder71--
6J. Eleonora18--
7W.T. Holman18--
8J. Priest21--
9C.R. Beukenboom21--
10E. Erasmus10--
11F.B. Figaroa33--
12E.M. Bronswinkel19--
13O.A. Hassell10--

Bonaire

Population: 5,663
Entitled to vote: 2,623
Valide votes: 2,511
Seats: 1
#CandidateTotal per listVotesResult
Bonaire Democratic Party ----
1J.A. Abraham1,373?Elected
2C.D. Christiaan?--
3Miss M.C. Hellmund?--
4J.H.R. Herrera?--
5A.J.H. Snijder?--
6A.A. Emerenciano?--
UNI----
1S.C.G. Soliano1,138?-
2A.E. Booi?--
3Ch.J.A. Beukeboom?--
4F.C.A. Chirino?--
5E.B. Sint Jago?--
6L.D. Gerharts?--

SSS Islands

Population: 3,769
Valide votes: 1,425
Seats: 1
#CandidateTotal per listVotesResult
DP----
1H.I. Lopes904646Elected
2A.C. Wathey158--
3D.C. Mathew23--
4W.C. Anslijn49--
5R.A. Sorton4--
6A. Schmidt24--
NVP----
1Ch.E.W. Voges521404-
2H. Hassel60--
3E. Ridson4--
4C. Woodley13--
5C. Peterson12--
6S. Hazel28--

Aftermath

Jonckheer, Kroon, Van der Meer and Irausquin gave up their seats in parliament to become ministers in the Second Jonckheer cabinet. The first three were replaced by Hueck, Van der Linde-Helmijr and Bikker. Abbad was the replacement for Pieters Kwiers. Mid 1959 Leito succeeded Debrot.
Abraham died at the end of 1960.