A status referendum was held on the island of Curaçao on 8 April 2005. The option of becoming an autonomous area within the Kingdom of the Netherlands was approved by 68% of voters.Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles), 8 April 2005: Status Direct Democracy
Background After the 1993 referendum failed to show support for a separate status for Curaçao, the government of the Netherlands Antilles tried to restructure the Netherlands Antilles and attempted to forge closer ties between the islands, as is exemplified by the adoption of an anthem of the Netherlands Antilles in 2000. A new referendum on Sint Maarten, which was in favour of a separate status for Sint Maarten as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, sparked a new series of referendums across the Netherlands Antilles, however. Curaçao was the last island to vote.
Results
See also Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles 2000 Sint Maarten status referendum 2004 Bonaire status referendum 2004 Saban status referendum 2005 Sint Eustatius status referendum
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