
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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...