Island Council elections were held in Curaçao on 27 August 2010.
Early elections were necessary because the island council failed to approve a proposed new constitution with a two-thirds majority in the first reading.
Before it could be adopted by a simple majority in the second reading, the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands specified that a general election had to be held.
Although the Party for the Restructured Antilles increased its number of seats from 7 to 8, the coalition it led lost its majority.
Gerrit Schotte of the Movementu Futuro Korsou (MFK) formed a coalition with Movishon Antia Nobo (MAN) and Pueblo Soberano (PS) and thus became Curaçao's first Prime Minister on 10 October 2010.