1989 Belizean general election

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General elections were held in Belize on 4 September 1989.[1] The result was a narrow victory for the People's United Party, which won 15 of the 28 seats.[2] The United Democratic Party lost its supermajority, moving into opposition. Voter turnout was 72.6%.[1]

Background

The ruling United Democratic Party was finishing its first term and sought re-election on the basis of improved economic indicators and standard of living. The People's United Party painted them as lusting after foreign aid and recognition, particularly from the United States and Taiwan.

Another issue was national security; the PUP attacked a CIA-like operation known as the Secret Intelligence Service as being a spy network for the UDP and promised freedom of the press and other fundamental freedoms enshrined in the constitution.

Longtime PUP leader George Cadle Price returned to both the House of Representatives and as prime minister after his surprise ouster in the 1984 election, winning the Pickstock constituency in the Belize District.[3][4]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's United Party29,98650.8715+8
United Democratic Party28,90049.0213–8
Independents650.1100
Total58,951100.00280
Valid votes58,95198.33
Invalid/blank votes1,0031.67
Total votes59,954100.00
Registered voters/turnout82,55672.62
Source: Elections and Boundaries Department

By constituency

DivisionElectorateTurnout%CandidatePartyVotes%
Caribbean Shores2,7791,74562.7Manuel EsquivelUnited Democratic Party95754.8
Louis HumphreysPeople's United Party77544.4
Freetown2,7711,77464.0Derek AikmanUnited Democratic Party96154.2
Araceli "Lita" Hunter KrohnPeople's United Party78344.1
Pickstock2,4531,51461.7George Cadle PricePeople's United Party90659.8
Cyril DavisUnited Democratic Party58434.5
Fort George2,8331,78062.8Said MusaPeople's United Party1,10562.0
Dean LindoUnited Democratic Party65636.8
Lake Independence3,3762,11562.6Carlos DiazPeople's United Party1,09151.5
Hubert ElringtonUnited Democratic Party97846.2
Albert2,3931,39758.0Phillip GoldsonUnited Democratic Party81258.1
Roy YoungPeople's United Party56040.0
Collet2,6561,61660.8Remijio MontejoPeople's United Party94058.2
Frank LizamaUnited Democratic Party66140.9
Mesopotamia2,8181,57055.7Curl ThompsonUnited Democratic Party83453.1
Stephen LatchmanPeople's United Party71345.4
Queen's Square2,8961,69758.5Dean BarrowUnited Democratic Party1,08563.9
Tom GreenwoodPeople's United Party58834.6
Port Loyola3,0021,75958.5Henry YoungUnited Democratic Party99156.3
Ernest StainePeople's United Party69539.5
Belize Rural North2,4691,65366.9Samuel RhaburnUnited Democratic Party80648.8
Ewing Maxwell SamuelsPeople's United Party76045.9
Rufus XIndependent653.9
Belize Rural South3,3502,29768.5Glenn GodfreyPeople's United Party148964.8
Rudolph ThompsonUnited Democratic Party76233.2
Orange Walk North2,9822,64188.5Ruben CamposUnited Democratic Party133850.6
Santiago RosadoPeople's United Party1,25647.5
Orange Walk Central2,7172,17079.8Leopoldo BricenoPeople's United Party114452.7
Leliz CarballoUnited Democratic Party1,01046.5
Orange Walk East3,2642,70682.9Elodio AragonUnited Democratic Party146454.1
Ramon CervantesPeople's United Party119544.2
Orange Walk South3,0572,74381.7Guadalupe PechPeople's United Party1,37850.2
Onesimo PechUnited Democratic Party1,33148.5
Cayo North3,7512,95178.6Salvador FernandezUnited Democratic Party1,56252.9
Ismael "Miley" GarciaPeople's United Party1,32144.8
Cayo South3,1992,38274.0Samuel WaightPeople's United Party1,42559.8
Philip BrackettUnited Democratic Party91038.2
Cayo West2,5392,01079.0Miguel RuizPeople's United Party1,03351.3
Carlos LeonUnited Democratic Party92946.2
Cayo Central3,2492,49176.6Daniel SilvaPeople's United Party1,27751.2
Eduardo "Dito" JuanUnited Democratic Party1,15246.2
Corozal North2,9222,52286.3Valdemar CastilloPeople's United Party1,37154.4
Richard QuanUnited Democratic Party1,11944.4
Corozal South West2,8212,39885.0Asterio OrtegaUnited Democratic Party1,30954.6
Everaldo PuckPeople's United Party1,05543.9
Corozal Bay3,3362,54476.0Juan Vildo MarinPeople's United Party1,25850.5
Israel AlpucheUnited Democratic Party1,20147.2
Corozal South East3,2032,88790.0Florencio MarinPeople's United Party1,52852.9
Doroteo PottUnited Democratic Party1,32045.7
Dangriga3,4862,33066.8Theodore ArandaPeople's United Party1,23352.9
Randolph EnriquezUnited Democratic Party1,05745.4
Stann Creek West2,2861,78377.9Melvin HulseUnited Democratic Party88149.4
Conrad LewisPeople's United Party87148.8
Toledo East3,3752,49473.8Michael EspatPeople's United Party1,29852.0
Charles WagnerUnited Democratic Party1,16846.8
Toledo West2,5731,98553.5William "Dennis" UsherUnited Democratic Party1,06253.5
Samuel Alexander "Alejandro" VernonPeople's United Party91145.9
Source: Belize Times[5]

References

  1. 12Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p104 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ↑"Election Watch". Journal of Democracy. 1 (1): 118–121. 1990. ISSN 1086-3214.
  3. ↑General Election 1989Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 9 October 2014)
  4. ↑The Right Honourable George Cadle Price, AmbergrisCaye.com. (accessed 9 October 2014)
  5. ↑The Belize Times, 10 September 1989, pC–D