2009 Aruban general election

2009 Aruban general election

25 September 2009

All 21 seats in Parliament
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
PDR
Leader Mike Eman Nelson Oduber Andin Bekker
Party AVP PEM PDR
Seats before 8 11 0
Seats won 12 8 1
Seat change 4 3 1
Popular vote 26,476 19,804 3,144
Percentage 48.03% 35.93% 5.70%
Swing 15.44 6.94 1.00

Prime Minister before election

Nelson Oduber
PEM

Elected Prime Minister

Mike Eman
APP

General elections were held in Aruba on 25 September 2009. The elections were the seventh to be held for membership of the Estates since autonomy was granted by the Dutch in 1986, and resulted in a landslide victory for the Aruban People's Party, which won 12 of the 21 seats in the Estates.