section_path: Electoral system
section_name: Electoral system
paragraph_text: Electoral system
  
  Curaçao is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its governance takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy. The King of the Netherlands is the head of state, represented locally by a governor, with the Prime Minister of Curaçao serving as head of government.
  
  The Parliament of Curaçao is unicameral. It is composed of 21 representatives elected for four years according to party-list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. Parliament elects the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.