2000 Sint Maarten status referendum

A status referendum was held on the island of Sint Maarten on 22 June 2000.

Background
After the 1994 referendum failed to show support for a separate status for Sint Maarten, the island council of Sint Maarten organized a new referendum in June 2000. This referendum came out in favour of a separate status for Sint Maarten as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and sparked a new series of referendums across the Netherlands Antilles.

Results
"I am in favor of:


 * 1) Sint Maarten maintaining its present status;
 * 2) Sint Maarten remaining a part of a restructured Netherlands Antilles;
 * 3) Sint Maarten becoming a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
 * 4) Sint Maarten becoming an independent country."