Windward Islands People's Movement | |
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| Leader | Rolando Wilson |
| President | Bruce Zagers |
| Founded | 1970; 55 years ago (1970)[1] |
| Preceded by | Windward Islands People’s Party |
| Ideology | Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Regional affiliation | Christian Democrat Organization of America |
| Colours | Orange |
| SabaIsland council | 3 / 5 |
TheWindward Islands People's Movement (WIPM) is apolitical party inSaba. It has won a majority of seats in theIsland Council in all but two elections since 1971.
It held all five seats in the Island Council after the2019 elections and until June 1, 2022, when council member Hemmie Van Xanten resigned from the party while continuing to serve as a councilor.[2][3][4] When party memberEsmeralda Johnson was elected to a seat on the island council in 2019, she became the youngest person ever to serve on it.[5]
Until thedissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, the party competed inisland council elections and for the single Saba seat in theEstates of the Netherlands Antilles (which it won in the 2002,2006 and2010 elections). The party has also participated in the island council elections of Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten (until its merger with the Sint Maarten Patriotic Movement (S.P.M.)).
When Saba became part of the Netherlands as a special municipality in 2010, the 2007 island council stayed (where the party obtained four of the five seats) until the election under Dutch law in 2011.[6]
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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| 1971 | 3 / 5 | Majority | |||
| 1975 | 421 | 73.09 | 4 / 5 |  1 | Majority |
| 1979 | 483 | 81.04 | 5 / 5 | 1 | Majority |
| 1983 | 470 | 77.43 | 4 / 5 |  1 | Majority |
| 1987 | 328 | 51.01 | 2 / 5 | 2 | Opposition |
| 1991 | 437 | 71.99 | 4 / 5 | 2 | Majority |
| 1995 | 346 | 54.75 | 2 / 5 | 2 | Opposition |
| 1999 | 400 | 70.67 | 4 / 5 | 2 | Majority |
| 2003 | 298 | 47.30 | 3 / 5 | 1 | Majority |
| 2007 | 447 | 73.8 | 4 / 5 | 1 | Majority |
| 2011 | 686 | 83.4 | 4 / 5 |  0 | Majority |
| 2015 | 545 | 57.2 | 3 / 5 | 1 | Majority |
| 2019 | 777 | 79.04 | 5 / 5 | 2 | Majority |
| 2023 | 617 | 59.33 | 3 / 5 | 2 | Majority |
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| Curaçao | |
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| Sint Maarten | |
| Bonaire | |
| Sint Eustatius | |
| Saba | |
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