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Heyliger lost a quarter of his voter-support
GREAT BAY – The United People’s party may have become the largest party in Monday’s elections, but its party-leader Theo Heyliger suffered a personal defeat at the hands of the voters. He lost more than 25 More...
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Surprise
The surprising turn of events after there seemed to be an agreement to continue with the incumbent coalition has given the country basically the same result, be it with a couple of twists. Again we have a coalition More...
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Top 15 Vote Getters
Rumors have been circulating about members-elect of parliament already jumping ship or declaring themselves independent before 24 hours have even been passed or a government has been formed. If we recall, the More...
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Mother of all elections got off to a slow start
Governor Drs. Eugene Holiday (left) speaks with the chairman of the Central Voting Bureau Jason Rogers (center) while Justice Minister Edson Kirindongo is an interested listener. Photo Today / Milton Pieters GREAT More...
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Good for the country
The coalition of National Alliance, United St. Maarten Party and Democratic Party has won the elections, even though opposition party UP captured the most votes – but not by a large margin. The election result More...
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Candidates criticize 200-meter rule
Towards the end of the day, these supporters of the Democratic Party had some energy left for a photo shoot. Photo Today / Milton Pieters GREAT BAY – Despite what appeared to be a largely incident-free Election More...
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Voter sentiment
A survey by sxmelections.com shows a different voter sentiment than the Today poll. From a larger sample of 650 votes, collected on the streets and online, this poll gave the UP the lead with 36.3 percent, ahead More...