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A status referendum was held on the island of Curaçao on 19 November 1993. The referendum was the result of a discussion about the future of the Netherlands Antilles, following the secession of Aruba in 1986. While most politicians, including the government of the Netherlands Antilles and the island government campaigned in favour of secession of Curaçao to make it form a country of its own within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the option of retaining and restructuring the Netherlands Antilles came out in favour. This resulted in the rise of the Party for the Restructured Antilles.[1]
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| Curaçao status referendum, 1993 | ||
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| Option | Votes | Percentage |
| Option A: Restructuring the Netherlands Antilles | 48,587 | 73.56% |
| Option B: Becoming a self governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands | 11,841 | 17.93% |
| Option C: Becoming a direct part of the Netherlands | 5,299 | 8.02% |
| Option D: Independence | 325 | 0.49% |
| Valid votes | 66,052 | ? |
| Invalid or blank votes | ? | ? |
| Total | ? | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | ? | |
| Source: Dutch Wikipedia | ||
Oostindie, G. (1998) Het paradijs overzee: De 'Nederlandse' Caraïben en Nederland. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker.