The Bonaire Democratic Party ( pap, Partido Demokrátiko Boneriano, label= Papiamentu, PDB; nl, Democratische Partij Bonaire), also known as Demokrat, is a

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in Bonaire and formerly the Netherlands Antilles.

History

The party was founded in 1954 by Julio Antonio Abraham. It is a progressive social-democratic party that advocates for more autonomy for the island of Bonaire. In the 2002 Netherlands Antilles general election, the party won 2.6% of the popular vote and 1 out of 22 seats in the Estates. In the 2006 general election, the party kept 1 seat, winning 44.5% of the vote in Bonaire. In the 2015 island council election, the party won 3 out of 9 seats and formed a coalition with the Bonaire Patriotic Union (UPB). In the 2019 election, the party won 3 seats in both the Island Council and the Electoral College.

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