Real Alternative Party

The Real Alternative Party (Dutch: Echte Alternatieve Partij; Papiamento: Partido Alternativa Real, PAR), formerly the Party for the Restructured Antilles (Dutch: Partij voor Geherstructureerde Antillen, Papiamento: Partido Antiá Restrukturá) until 2016,^[1] is a political party in Curaçao. With four seats the party is the second largest party in the Estates of Curaçao, following the 2021 elections. With eight seats, PAR was the largest party in the first Estates of Curaçao, established in 2010 upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.^[2]

Real Alternative Party Partido Alternativa Real Echte Alternatieve Partij
Abbreviation	PAR
Leader	Eugène Rhuggenaath
Founded	1993
Headquarters	Parera, Willemstad
Ideology	Liberalism Christian democracy
Political position	Centre
Colours	Yellow
Slogan	Eksperiensia i stabilidat ("Experience and stability")
Estates of Curaçao	4 / 21
Website
www.par.cw
Politics of Curaçao Political parties Elections

Netherlands Antilles

The party was formed in the wake of constitutional referendums held on the islands in the Netherlands Antilles in 1993, when a majority had voted against the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 20.6% of the popular vote and 4 of the 14 seats in the Curaçao constituency in the 22-seat Estates of Curaçao.^[3] Its leader Etiënne Ys became prime minister of the Netherlands Antilles. When the party won five^[4] and six^[5] seats respectively in the Netherlands Antilles general election in 2006 and 2010 its leader Emily de Jongh-Elhage became the last Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles.

In the island council of the island territory of Curaçao the party won five^[6] and seven^[7] seats respectively. In the last island council the party obtained 8 of the 21 seats. The island council continued as Estates of Curaçao upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in October 2010.

Curaçao

On the formation of the second Whiteman cabinet in November 2015 the PAR joined the government for the first time in five years.^[8] PAR remained part of the government until December 2016.

Election results

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
1995	24,055	34.2	8 / 21	8	1st	Coalition
1999	15,948	22.6	5 / 21	3	1st	Coalition
2003	13,710	20.4	5 / 21	0	2nd	Opposition
2007	20,862	28.0	7 / 21	2	1st	Coalition
2010	22,474	30.0	8 / 21	1	1st	Opposition
2012	17,179	19.7	4 / 21	4	3rd	Opposition
2016	11,949	15.1	4 / 21	0	3rd	Coalition
2017	18,362	23.2	6 / 21	2	1st	Coalition
2021	11,778	13.9	4 / 21	2	2nd	Opposition

References

1. "Verslag Verkiezing Staten Curacao 2016" (PDF). Election Council (in Dutch).
2. "Eilandsraadverkiezingen 27 augustus 2010, definitieve uitslag". Burgerlijke Stand, Bevolking en Verkiezingen; Government of the Netherlands Antilles. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012.
3. "Totaaluitslag 2006". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
4. "Totaaluitslag 2002". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
5. "Totaaluitslag 2010". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
6. "Verkiezingsuitslag 2003". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
7. "Eilandsraadverkiezingen, 2007". Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2012.
8. "Kabinet Whiteman II beëdigd" (in Dutch). Antilliaans Dagblad. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

External links

• Official web site