section_path: Primary election
section_name: Primary election
paragraph_text: Primary election
  
  In Curaçao, parties with no parliamentary representation must compete in a primary and must receive an equivalent of at least 1% of the total number of votes present in the prior election (in 2021) to participate in the general election. The primary was held on 1 and 2 February. The threshold to advance was 848 votes.