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. Voter turnout was 72.6%.[1]
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All 28 seats in the House of Representatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 72.62% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Popular vote by constituency. As Belize uses the FPTP electoral system, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each constituency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background edit
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.[2][3]
Results edit
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| People's United Party | 29,986 | 50.87 | 15 | +8 | |
| United Democratic Party | 28,900 | 49.02 | 13 | –8 | |
| Independents | 65 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 58,951 | 100.00 | 28 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 58,951 | 98.33 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,003 | 1.67 | |||
| Total votes | 59,954 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 82,556 | 72.62 | |||
| Source: Nohlen | |||||
By constituency edit
| Constituency | Candidate | Party | Registered voters | Votes cast | Turnout | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean Shores | Louis Humphreys | PUP | 2779 | 1745 | 62.7% | 775 | 44.4% |
| Manuel Esquivel | UDP | 957 | 54.8% | ||||
| Freetown | Derek Aikman | UDP | 2771 | 1774 | 64.0% | 961 | 54.2% |
| Araceli "Lita" Hunter Krohn | PUP | 783 | 44.1% | ||||
| Pickstock | George Cadle Price | PUP | 2453 | 1514 | 61.7% | 906 | 59.8% |
| Cyril Davis | UDP | 584 | 34.5% | ||||
| Fort George | Said Musa | PUP | 2833 | 1780 | 62.8% | 1105 | 62.0% |
| Dean Lindo | UDP | 656 | 36.8% | ||||
| Lake Independence | Carlos Diaz | PUP | 3376 | 2115 | 62.6% | 1091 | 51.5% |
| Hubert Elrington | UDP | 978 | 46.2% | ||||
| Albert | Roy Young | PUP | 2393 | 1397 | 58.0% | 560 | 40.0% |
| Phillip Goldson | UDP | 812 | 58.1% | ||||
| Collet | Frank Lizama | UDP | 2656 | 1616 | 60.8% | 661 | 40.9% |
| Remijio Montejo | PUP | 940 | 58.2% | ||||
| Mesopotamia | Curl Thompson | UDP | 2818 | 1570 | 55.7% | 834 | 53.1% |
| Stephen Latchman | PUP | 713 | 45.4% | ||||
| Queen's Square | Dean Barrow | UDP | 2896 | 1697 | 58.5% | 1085 | 63.9% |
| Tom Greenwood | PUP | 588 | 34.6% | ||||
| Port Loyola | Henry Young | UDP | 3002 | 1759 | 58.5% | 991 | 56.3% |
| Ernest Staine | PUP | 695 | 39.5% | ||||
| Belize Rural North | Ewing Maxwell Samuels | PUP | 2469 | 1653 | 66.9 | 760 | 45.9 |
| Samuel Rhaburn | UDP | 806 | 48.8% | ||||
| Rufus X | Independent | 65 | 3.9% | ||||
| Belize Rural South | Rudolph Thompson | UDP | 3350 | 2297 | 68.5% | 762 | 33.2% |
| Glenn Godfrey | PUP | 1489 | 64.8% | ||||
| Orange Walk North | Santiago Rosado | PUP | 2982 | 2641 | 88.5% | 1256 | 47.5% |
| Ruben Campos | UDP | 1338 | 50.6% | ||||
| Orange Walk Central | Leopoldo Briceno | PUP | 2717 | 2170 | 79.8% | 1144 | 52.7% |
| Leliz Carballo | UDP | 1010 | 46.5% | ||||
| Orange Walk East | Ramon Cervantes | PUP | 3264 | 2706 | 82.9% | 1195 | 44.2% |
| Elodio Aragon | UDP | 1464 | 54.1% | ||||
| Orange Walk South | Guadalupe Pech | PUP | 3057 | 2743 | 81.7 | 1378 | 50.2% |
| Onesimo Pech | UDP | 1331 | 48.5% | ||||
| Cayo North | Salvador Fernandez | UDP | 3751 | 2951 | 78.6% | 1562 | 52.9% |
| Ismael "Miley" Garcia | PUP | 1321 | 44.8% | ||||
| Cayo South | Samuel Waight | PUP | 3199 | 2382 | 74.0% | 1425 | 59.8% |
| Philip Brackett | UDP | 910 | 38.2% | ||||
| Cayo West | Miguel Ruiz | PUP | 2539 | 2010 | 79.0% | 1033 | 51.3% |
| Carlos Leon | UDP | 929 | 46.2% | ||||
| Cayo Central | Daniel Silva | PUP | 3249 | 2491 | 76.6% | 1277 | 51.2% |
| Eduardo "Dito" Juan | UDP | 1152 | 46.2% | ||||
| Corozal North | Valdemar Castillo | PUP | 2922 | 2522 | 86.3% | 1371 | 54.4% |
| Richard Quan | UDP | 1119 | 44.4% | ||||
| Corozal Southwest | Asterio Ortega | UDP | 2821 | 2398 | 85.0% | 1309 | 54.6% |
| Everaldo Puck | PUP | 1055 | 43.9% | ||||
| Corozal Bay | Juan Vildo Marin | PUP | 3336 | 2544 | 76.0% | 1258 | 50.5% |
| Israel Alpuche | UDP | 1201 | 47.2% | ||||
| Corozal Southeast | Florencio Marin | PUP | 3203 | 2887 | 90.0% | 1528 | 52.9% |
| Doroteo Pott | UDP | 1320 | 45.7% | ||||
| Dangriga | Theodore Aranda | PUP | 3486 | 2330 | 66.8% | 1233 | 52.9 |
| Randolph Enriquez | UDP | 1057 | 45.4% | ||||
| Stann Creek West | Melvin Hulse | UDP | 2286 | 1783 | 77.9% | 881 | 49.4% |
| Conrad Lewis | PUP | 871 | 48.8% | ||||
| Toledo East | Michael Espat | PUP | 3375 | 2494 | 73.8% | 1298 | 52.0% |
| Charles Wagner | UDP | 1168 | 46.8% | ||||
| Toledo West | William "Dennis" Usher | UDP | 2573 | 1985 | 53.5% | 1062 | 53.5% |
| Samuel Alexander "Alejandro" Vernon | PUP | 911 | 45.9% | ||||
| Source: Belize Times[4] | |||||||
References edit
- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p104 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ General Election 1989 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 9 October 2014)
- ^ The Right Honourable George Cadle Price, AmbergrisCaye.com. (accessed 9 October 2014)
- ^ The Belize Times, 10 September 1989, pC–D