Good turnout for elections Curacao

WILLEMSTAD – The Supreme Electoral Council (SEC) held its first briefing today at 12 o’clock. According to Pacheco Römer, chairman of the SEC, up until that moment, 21,571 people voted which represents about 20% of the total voters on the island. “This is a good sign because normally this is 12 to 15%,” said Römer during the briefing. By 4 p.m. 52,380 people had voted – roughly 48.5 percent, representing as good turnout.

Voting ended at 7 p.m. and the SEC expected the first results around 7.30 p.m. The prison was the first to announce its results.

This year the SEC kept the number of voters for polling stations small. None of them received more than 1,500 voters. This cut down the time to count the votes. The SEC expected all results by midnight – past our deadline.