List of political parties in Sint Maarten

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

Parties represented in Parliament

Party			Abbr.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	MPs
		National Alliance Nationale Alliantie	NA	Silveria Jacobs	Centre-left	Social democracy	4 / 15
		United People's Party Verenigde Volkspartij	UP	Theodore Heyliger	Centre-right		3 / 15
		Unified Resilient St. Maarten Movement	URSM	Luc Mercelina	Centre-left	Autonomism Third way	2 / 15
		Democratic Party Democratische Partij	DM	Sarah Wescott-Williams	Centre-left	Christian left Social democracy	2 / 15
		Party for Progress [nl] Vooruitgangspartij	PFP	Melissa Gumbs	Centre-left		2 / 15
		Nation Opportunity Wealth	NOW	Christophe Emmanuel	Centre		2 / 15

Other parties

• Citizens for Positive Change (4PC)
• Concordia Political Alliance (CPA)
• Empire Culture Empowerment Association (ECEA)
• One St. Maarten People Party (OSPP)
• People's Progressive Alliance (PPA)
• St. Maarten Christian Party (SMCP)
• Social Reform Party (SRP)
• United St. Maarten Party (US Party)

References

See also

• List of political parties by country