Aruban People's Party Arubaanse Volkspartij (Dutch) Partido di Pueblo Arubano (Papiamento) | |
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| Leader | Mike Eman |
| Founder | Henny Eman |
| Founded | 1942 |
| Ideology | Arubanregionalism Conservatism Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right[1] |
| Regional affiliation | Christian Democrat Organization of America |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| Colours | Green[2] |
| Parliament of Aruba | 9 / 21 |
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TheAruban People's Party (AVP;Dutch:Arubaanse Volkspartij,Papiamento:Partido di Pueblo Arubano) is aChristian-democraticpolitical party inAruba. The AVP was founded byHenny Eman in 1942, and the party sought autonomy for Aruba from theNetherlands Antilles.
Every government in Aruban history since 1985 has been formed by either the AVP orPeople's Electoral Movement. After the2024 election the AVP currently leads a coalition with FUTURO.
The Aruban People’s Party was formed in 1942,[3] byHenny Eman[4] and sought independence from theNetherlands Antilles, but not the Netherlands.[3][5] The AVP found its support from native Arubans while theAruban Patriotic Party found its support among immigrants.[6] Members of the AVP who were more supportive of separatism broke away in the 1970s to form thePeople's Electoral Movement (MEP).[7] AVP and Reformistanan Uni Pa Bienestar (RUBA) merged for the1983 elections, but their combined seat total fell from 6 to 5.[8]
Aruba became anautonomous constituent country.[3] The1985 general election, the first one after autonomy was given to Aruba, produced a coalition government led by AVP leaderHenny Eman.[9] Every government since 1985 has been formed by either the AVP or MEP.[10]
The2017 general election resulted in the AVP losing four of its thirteen seats, with both the AVP and MEP winning nine seats each. No party had a majority in parliament until the formation of the coalition. Eman subsequently announced that he would resign the leadership of the AVP and that the AVP would become an opposition party.[11] A coalition was formed between AVP and FUTURO after the2024 election.[12]
The AVP is achristian democratic party.[4]
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| 1951 | Henny Eman | 4,510 | 35.32 (#1) | 8 / 21 | New |
| 1955 | 2,533 | 17.57 (#2) | 3 / 21 |  5 | |
| 1959 | Shon A. Eman | 4,899 | 28.31 (#2) | 6 / 21 |  3 |
| 1963 | 5,668 | 29.32 (#2) | 6 / 21 |  0 | |
| 1967 | 8,413 | 36.81 (#2) | 8 / 21 | 2 | |
| 1971 | Dominico Croes | 3,413 | 14.49 (#3) | 3 / 21 | 3 |
| 1975 | Rudy Frank | 1,743 | 5.65 (#3) | 1 / 21 | 2 |
| 1979 | Henny Eman | 6,063 | 18.50 (#2) | 4 / 21 | 3 |
| 1983 | 8,102 | 22.57 (#2) | 5 / 21 | 1 |
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Status | Reference |
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| 1985 | Henny Eman | 11,480 | 31.33 (#2) | 7 / 21 | 2 | Coalition | |
| 1989 | 12,668 | 35.16 (#2) | 8 / 21 | 1 | Opposition | ||
| 1993 | 15,621 | 39.18 (#1) | 9 / 21 | 1 | Opposition | ||
| 1994 | 17,963 | 45.40 (#1) | 10 / 21 | 1 | Coalition | ||
| 1997 | 19,476 | 43.53 (#1) | 10 / 21 | 0 | Coalition | ||
| 2001 | Robertico Croes | 12,749 | 26.58 (#2) | 6 / 21 | 4 | Opposition | |
| 2005 | Mike Eman | 16,725 | 32.59 (#2) | 8 / 21 | 2 | Opposition | |
| 2009 | 26,485 | 48.03 (#1) | 12 / 21 | 4 | Majority | [13] | |
| 2013 | 33,103 | 57.28 (#1) | 13 / 21 | 1 | Majority | [14] | |
| 2017 | 23,385 | 39.86 (#1) | 9 / 21 | 4 | Opposition | [15] | |
| 2021 | 18,348 | 31.28 (#2) | 7 / 21 | 2 | Opposition | [16] | |
| 2024 | 17,872 | 32.21 (#1) | 9 / 21 | 2 | Coalition | [17] |
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