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Democratic Party | |
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Abbreviation | DP |
Leader | Raquel Spanner-Carty |
President | Winston Fleming |
Leader in the Island Council | Raquel Spanner-Carty[1] |
Founded | 31 December 1948[2] |
Ideology | Christian democracy |
Political position | Centre |
Senatorial affiliation | Christian Democratic Appeal (2019)[3] Democrats 66 (2023) |
Colours | Red |
Island Council | 1 / 5 |
Electoral College | 5 / 5 |
Website | |
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The Democratic Party (DP, Dutch: Democratische Partij) is a political party in Sint Eustatius with two seats in the 5-seat island council. In 2011, the party obtained 2 seats in the first elections after Sint Eustatius became part of the Netherlands upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2011.[4] However, their Island Council representative Reuben Merkman left the DP in 2014 and became an independent council member.[5][6]