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List of political parties in Sint Maarten

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This article lists political parties in Sint Maarten.

Sint Maarten has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which usually a single party does not have a chance of gaining power alone, and thus parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Political parties tend to be loose political groupings, rather than supporting a consistent ideology, and as such, in the 2010s there were several instances of members of parties leaving to become unaffiliated, leading to the collapse of several coalition governments and snap elections.

Parties

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Parties represented in Parliament

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Party Abbr. Leader Political position Ideology MPs
National Alliance
Nationale Alliantie
NA Silveria Jacobs Centre-left Social democracy
3 / 15
Unified Resilient St. Maarten Movement URSM Luc Mercelina Centre-left Autonomism
Third way
3 / 15
Democratic Party
Democratische Partij
DM Sarah Wescott-Williams Centre-left Christian left
Social democracy
3 / 15
United People's Party
Verenigde Volkspartij
UP Omar Ottley Centre-right
2 / 15
Party for Progress [nl]
Vooruitgangspartij
PFP Melissa Gumbs Centre-left
2 / 15
Soualiga Action Movement SAM Franklin Meyers Centre
1 / 15
Nation Opportunity Wealth NOW Christophe Emmanuel Centre
1 / 15

Other parties

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References

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See also

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