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CuraƧao's interests dominated those of other islands in the
Netherlands Antilles, "Sometimes I have to wonder how serious we are. This is a prime example of how much of a farce the Netherlands Antilles is. What is best for CuraƧao automatically has to be best for the other islands as well."
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Council of Ministers of the Netherlands Antilles announced on 16 September 2009, that it had chosen 22 January 2010 as the official date for the upcoming general election. Voter registration for the election ended in November 2009.
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on 10 October 2010. At the time of the elections, the
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786:References
337:season on
309:Background
271:parliament
138:General:
126:Elections
107:Judiciary
66:Executive
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335:carnival
72:Governor
1219:CuraƧao
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349:Results
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287:Bonaire
267:Estates
95:Estates
772:Amigoe
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422:23,552
390:26,641
364:Island
756:Total
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598:1,815
576:2,720
554:3,560
532:3,673
510:4,373
488:6,494
466:6,939
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