2011 Dutch island council elections

Island council elections were held in the Caribbean Netherlands on 2 March 2011 to elect the members of the island councils of Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius. They were the first island council elections since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010.

2011 Dutch island council elections
2 March 2011
All 19 seats in the island councils
of Bonaire (9), Saba (5) and Sint Eustatius (5)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Elected in Bonaire
UPB Ramonsito Booi 40.29 4 −1
PDB Robby Beukenboom 33.31 3 −1
MBL Benito Dirksz 10.88 1 New
PHU Michiel Bijkerk 8.61 1 New
Elected in Saba
WIPM Rolando Wilson 83.35 4 0
SLP Ishmael Levenston 16.65 1 0
Elected in Sint Eustatius
DP Reuben Merkman 35.24 2 −2
UPC Reginald Zaandam 24.65 1 New
PLP Clyde van Putten 20.26 1 0
STEP Franklin Brown 17.55 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The elections were held on the same day as the provincial elections in the European Netherlands. The Bonaire Patriotic Union won the election (4 seats) in Bonaire, the Windward Islands People's Movement (4 seats) in Saba, and the Democratic Party (2 seats) in Sint Eustatius.

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