# Partido MAN > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Partido_MAN > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Partido_MAN.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_MAN > Source revision: 1329703357 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Partido MAN** is a [political party](/source/Political_party) in [Curaçao](/source/Cura%C3%A7ao) founded in 1971,[1] which has two of the 21 seats of the [Estates of Curaçao](/source/Estates_of_Cura%C3%A7ao) after the [Curaçao general election of 2021](/source/2021_Cura%C3%A7ao_general_election).[2] In the elections preceding the [dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles](/source/Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles) the party gained two seats as well and joined the coalition government.[3] ## Name MAN originally stood for *Movementu Antia Nobo* ([English](/source/English_language): New Antilles Movement), but a party congress in 2005 decided to drop that meaning and let MAN be the name of the party in itself. ## Netherlands Antilles [Don Martina](/source/Don_Martina), minister-president of the Netherlands Antilles from 1979 until 1984 and from 1986 to 1988, was MAN-related.[1] At the [legislative](/source/Legislative) [elections in the Netherlands Antilles](/source/Elections_in_the_Netherlands_Antilles), 18 January 2002, the party won 5.2% of the popular vote and no seats,[4] at the [Netherlands Antilles general election](/source/2006_Netherlands_Antilles_general_election) of 2006, the party returned in the [Estates of the Netherlands Antilles](/source/Estates_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles) with 3 out of 14 seats of the Curaçao constituency in the 22 seat parliament.[5] In the last [Netherlands Antilles general election](/source/2010_Netherlands_Antilles_general_election) in 2010, the party participated together with [NPA](/source/Niun_Paso_Atras) and [FK](/source/Forsa_K%C3%B2rsou) obtaining 5 seats.[6] In the [island council (Netherlands Antilles)](/source/Island_council_(Netherlands_Antilles)) of 2003 and 2007, the party obtained 2 and 5 seats respectively.[7][8] The two seats the party obtained in the 2010 island council elections continued as the [Estates of Curaçao](/source/Estates_of_Cura%C3%A7ao) on 10 October 2010. ## Election results Election Leader Seats +/– Votes % Position Government 1971 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 Charles Cooper 6,274 9.34 2007 3 13,923 18.7 2010 Eunice Eisden 3 6.531 8.8 4th 2012 Charles Cooper 8,294 9.5 5th 2016 Hensley Koeiman 2 12,839 16.23 1st 2017 1 16,070 20.4 2nd 2021 Steven Martina 3 5,456 6.43 4th 2025[a] Giselle McWilliam 0 6,378 8.46 4th 1. Run in a joint list with Partido Inovashon Nashonal. ## References 1. Leoni Leidel-Schenk (12 October 2012). ["Partijen aan het woord:MAN"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014081234/http://www.versgeperst.com/nieuws/175561/partijen-aan-het-woord-man-2.html) (in Dutch). Archived from [the original](http://www.versgeperst.com/nieuws/175561/partijen-aan-het-woord-man-2.html) on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012. 1. Ottens, Nick (20 March 2021). ["Curaçao Election Result Will Set Off Alarm Bells in Netherlands"](https://atlanticsentinel.com/2021/03/curacao-election-result-will-set-off-alarm-bells-in-netherlands/). Retrieved 22 March 2021. 1. ["Eilandsraadverkiezingen 27 augustus 2010, definitieve uitslag"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121115103933/http://www.registrosivil.an/eiland2010/index.html). *Burgerlijke Stand, Bevolking en Verkiezingen; Government of the Netherlands Antilles*. Archived from [the original](http://www.registrosivil.an/eiland2010/index.html) on 15 November 2012. 1. ["Totaaluitslag 2002"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210812113157/http://www.kse.cw/registrosivil/land2002/uitslag2002/index.html) (in Dutch). *Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.kse.cw/registrosivil/land2002/uitslag2002/index.html) on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2012. 1. ["Totaaluitslag 2006"](http://www.kse.cw/registrosivil/land2006/uitslag2006/index.html) (in Dutch). *Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)*. Retrieved 3 October 2012. 1. ["Totaaluitslag 2010"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210513162200/http://www.kse.cw/land2010.html) (in Dutch). *Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.kse.cw/land2010.html) on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2012. 1. ["Verkiezingsuitslag 2003"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150206080710/http://www.kse.cw/registrosivil/eiland2003/uitslag2003/index.html) (in Dutch). *Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.kse.cw/registrosivil/eiland2003/uitslag2003/index.html) on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2012. 1. ["Eilandsraadverkiezingen, 2007"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230601162927/http://www.kse.cw/eiland2007.html) (in Dutch). *Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.kse.cw/eiland2007.html) on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2012. ## External links - [Partido MAN](https://www.facebook.com/partidoman) on Facebook - [Official website of the Partido MAN](https://web.archive.org/web/20040815232215/http://www.partidoman.org/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Partido MAN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_MAN) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_MAN?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.