United People's Party (Sint Maarten)

Summary

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

United People's Party
LeaderRolando Brison[1]
Founded24 July 2010; 13 years ago (24 July 2010)
11 April 2010; 13 years ago (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

UP Next edit

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 edit

Parliament elections edit

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government
2010 Theo Heyliger 4,936 36.09%
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New Coalition (2010-2012)
Opposition (2012-2014)
2014 6,156 42.46%
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  1 Coalition (2014-2015)
Opposition (2015-2016)
2016 4,130 29.06%
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  2 Opposition (2016-2017)
Coalition (2017-2018)
2018 Merged into United Democrats
2020 Theo Heyliger 3,231 24.18%
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  3 Coalition
2024 Rolando Brison 2,814 19.48%
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  1 Opposition

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Heyliger: 'Clear mandate' from people for elections". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  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.
  6. ^ "UP Next (youth wing of the United People's Party) launched at Hard Rock Café". The Today Newspaper. Retrieved 28 November 2014.