Democratic Party (Sint Eustatius)
Democratic Party | |
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| Abbreviation | DP |
| Leader | Raquel Spanner-Carty |
| President | Winston Fleming |
| Leader in the Island Council | Raquel Spanner-Carty |
| Founded | 31 December 1948 |
| Ideology | Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre |
| Senatorial affiliation | Christian Democratic Appeal (2019) Democrats 66 (2023) |
| Colours | Red |
| Island Council | 1 / 5 |
| Electoral College | 5 / 5 |
| Website | |
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The Democratic Party (DP, Dutch: Democratische Partij) is a political party in Sint Eustatius with two seats in the 5-seat island council. In 2011, the party obtained 2 seats in the first elections after Sint Eustatius became part of the Netherlands upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2011. However, their Island Council representative Reuben Merkman left the DP in 2014 and became an independent council member.