United People's Party (Sint Maarten)

United People's Party
LeaderOmar E.C. Ottley[1]
Founded24 July 2010 (24 July 2010)
11 April 2010 (11 April 2010)[2]
Youth wingUP Next
Political positionCentre-right[3]
National affiliationUnited Democrats (2017–2020)
Colours  Green
Parliament of Sint Maarten
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Website
UPParty.sx
Original party logo

The United People's Party (Dutch: Verenigde Volkspartij) is a political party in Sint Maarten founded in 2010.[4][5]

UP Next

In 2014, the youth arm of the United People’s Party, “UP Next”, was launched at the Hard Rock Café in Phillipsburg, Sint Maarten.[6]

Election results

General elections

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Status
2010 Theo Heyliger 4,936 36.09%
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 New Coalition (2010-2012)
Opposition (2012-2014)
2014 6,156 42.46%
7 / 15
 Increase 1 Coalition (2014-2015)
Opposition (2015-2016)
2016 4,130 29.06%
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 Decrease 2 Opposition (2016-2017)
Coalition (2017-2018)
2018 Merged into United Democrats
2020 Theo Heyliger 3,231 24.18%
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 Decrease 3 Coalition
Jan 2024 Rolando Brison 2,814 19.48%
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 Decrease 1 Opposition
Aug 2024 Omar Ottley 2,038 14.92%
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 Decrease 1 TBA

See also

References

  1. ^ "MP Ottley congratulates electorate and looks to a united path Forward after historic nine-party Parliamentary Election". Saint Martin News Network. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. ^ "UP party and campaign for Sept 17 elections launched". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  3. ^ Pieters, Danny (2021). Social security law in small jurisdictions. The World of Small States. Vol. 8. Springer. p. 226. ISBN 978-3-030-78247-4. OCLC 1264715128.
  4. ^ "UP biggest, but NA, US, DP sign accord". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  5. ^ "No confidence motion passed against Council of Ministers". The Daily Herald. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015.
  6. ^ "UP Next (youth wing of the United People's Party) launched at Hard Rock Café". The Today Newspaper. Retrieved 28 November 2014.


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