Almost one quarter of the voters are females 53 years old or older.

Jim Hepple circulated some information among AHATA members. I think it is of general interest.

Some background information for the election which takes place in two weeks time.

According to the following website http://www.overheid.aw/governance-administration/electoral-register-2017_46106/ there are 70,749 eligible voters for Aruba’s 2017 election.

The following table breaks them out by age and sex.

Male Female Total
Total % Total % Total %
Born prior to 31 December 1964, 53 years old or older     14,410 20.4%     16,955 24.0%        31,365 44.3%
Born between 1 Jan 1965 and 31 Dec  1980 37 to 52 years old        9,356 13.2%        9,746 13.8%       19,102 27.0%
Born after 1 Jan 1980 18 to 36 years old     10,175 14.4%     10,107 14.3%        20,282 28.7%
Total     33,941 48.0%     36,808 52.0%        70,749 100.0%

Some key points.

  • Almost one quarter of the voters are females 53 years old or older.
  • Just over one quarter of the voters are Gen X (37 to 52 years old).
  • Millennials (18 to 36 years old) comprise 29% of the electorate.

In 2013 there were 68,758 registered eligible voters so that means in 2017 there is a net increase of 1,991 voters. Between 4th quarter 2013 and 3rd quarter 2017 about 2,630 persons have died (so are no longer on the electoral register) so then you have 1,991 + 2,630 = 4,621 new young voters eligible to vote for the first time, about 6% of the electorate.

And these are the 2013 election results.

Votes % Seats
AVP     33.103 56.7% 13
MEP     17.653 30.3% 7
PDR       4.518 7.7% 1
Others       2.520 4.3%
Invalid          556 1.0%
Total Votes     58.350 100.0% 21
Total Eligible     68.758
Per Cent Turn Out     84.9%

And these are the 2009 election results.

Votes % Seats
CURPA 139 0.00% 0
PDR 3.144 6.00% 1
 OLA/MSI 125 0.00% 0
PPA 611 1.00% 0
MEP 19.804 36.00% 8
AVP 26.476 48.00% 12
MPA 2.444 4.00% 0
RED 2.378 4.00% 0

Per Cent Turn Out              86.30%

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September 09, 2017
Rona Coster