United St. Maarten Party

The United St. Maarten Party (US Party) is a political party in Sint Maarten founded in 2013 by the former National Alliance deputy leader Frans Richardson.^[3] The party currently^[when?] holds one seat in the parliament of Sint Maarten. In the 2014 general elections, the party obtained two seats, but its then MP-elect Leona Marlin-Romeo left the US Party and became an independent member of parliament.^[4]

United St. Maarten Party
Leader	Pamela Gordon-Carty
Founder	Frans Richardson
Founded	22 December 2013; 10 years ago (22 December 2013)[1]
Split from	National Alliance
Ideology	Communitarianism[citation needed]
Colours	Blue[2]
Parliament of Sint Maarten	0 / 15
Politics of Sint Maarten Political parties Elections

In the 2020 elections, it again won two seats.^[5]

Election results

General elections

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Status
2014	Frans Richardson	1,636	11.28%	2 / 15	New	Coalition
2016		2,784	19.59%	3 / 15	1	Coalition (2016-2017)
						Opposition (2017-2018)
2018		1,788	13.19%	2 / 15	1	Opposition (2018-2019)
						Coalition (2019-2020)
2020		1,762	13.19%	2 / 15	0	Opposition
Jan 2024	Pamela Gordon-Carty	686	4.75%	0 / 15	2	Extra-parliamentary

References

1. "United St. Maarten party launched as 'a true alternative' for electorate". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2014.^{[dead link]}
2. "Parties' slates numbered for ballot, SRP gets blue". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 6 December 2014.^{[dead link]}
   - "Political Parties Contesting 2014 Parliamentary Elections given numbers and colors on Friday". SMN News. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
3. "MP Frans Richardson Launches Political Party to Contest 2014 Parliamentary Elections". SMN-News.com. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
4. "Sarah, Leona join UP/De Weever to form broad-based government". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2014.^{[dead link]}
5. "St Maarten election result: Coalition government needed again". Loop St. Lucia.^{[dead link]}