# 2023 Dutch island council elections

Island council elections were held in the Caribbean Netherlands on 15 March 2023 to elect the members of the island councils of Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius. The elections were held on the same day as the 2023 electoral college elections, and the 2023 provincial and water board elections in the European Netherlands.

## Participating parties
### Bonaire

| List | Party | Party | Lead candidate |
| 1 | Bonaire People's Movement | MPB | Hennyson Thielman |
| 2 | Bonaire Democratic Party (Demokrat) | PDB | Clark Abraham |
| 3 | Bonaire Patriotic Union | UPB | James Kroon |
| 4 | 1 Union for the People | 1UPP | Aljano Emerenciana |
| 5 | Movement 21 | M21 | Daisy Coffie |
| 6 | Bonaire Revolution Union | URB | Suzy Thodé |

### Saba

| List | Party | Party | Lead candidate |
| 1 | Windward Islands People's Movement | WIPM | Bruce Zagers |
| 2 | Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity | PEP | Saskia Matthew |
| 3 | Saba Caring People Party | SCPP | Enrico Klaber |
| 4 | Blank list (United People Movement) | UPM | Dave Levenstone |

### Sint Eustatius

| List | Party | Party | Lead candidate |
| 1 | Progressive Labour Party | PLP | Rechelline Leerdam |
| 2 | Democratic Party of Sint Eustatius | DP | Raquel Spanner-Carty |
| 3 | Christian Democratic Appeal | CDA | Sjahairah Fleming |

## Results
### Bonaire

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Bonaire Democratic Party | 3,975 | 38.85 | 3 | 0 |
| | Bonaire Patriotic Union | 2,908 | 28.42 | 3 | +1 |
| | Bonaire People's Movement | 2,034 | 19.88 | 2 | −2 |
| | Movement 21 | 985 | 9.63 | 1 | New |
| | 1 Union for the People | 268 | 2.62 | 0 | 0 |
| | Bonaire Revolution Union | 62 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 10,232 | 100.00 | 9 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 10,232 | 97.23 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 174 | 1.65 | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 118 | 1.12 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 10,524 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 16,315 | 64.51 | | |
| Source: Bonaire Stemt ||||||

### Saba

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Windward Islands People's Movement | 617 | 59.33 | 3 | −2 |
| | Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity | 324 | 31.15 | 2 | New |
| | List 4 (United People Movement) | 95 | 9.13 | 0 | New |
| | Saba Caring People Party | 4 | 0.38 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 1,040 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,040 | 98.86 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 5 | 0.48 | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 7 | 0.67 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,052 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,259 | 83.56 | | |
| Source: Public Entity Saba ||||||

### Sint Eustatius

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Progressive Labour Party | 979 | 55.66 | 3 | 0 |
| | Democratic Party of Sint Eustatius | 663 | 37.69 | 2 | 0 |
| | Christian Democratic Appeal | 117 | 6.65 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 1,759 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,759 | 99.10 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 14 | 0.79 | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 2 | 0.11 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,775 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,201 | 80.65 | | |
| Source: Government of St. Eustatius ||||||