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2004 Saban status referendum
5 November 2004
Results
Choice
Votes
%
Remain in the Netherlands Antilles
85
13.18%
Direct ties with the Netherlands
555
86.05%
Independence
5
0.78%
Valid votes
645
96.85%
Invalid or blank votes
21
3.15%
Total votes
666
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
856
77.8%
A status referendum was held on the island of Saba on 5 November 2004.
Background
After the 1994 referendum came out in favour of maintaining and restructuring the Netherlands Antilles, 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.
86.05% of the population in Saba voted for closer links to the Netherlands; remaining a part of the Netherlands Antilles got 13.18% of the vote. Independence got less than one percent of the vote.
Elections and referendums in Saba
