General elections were held in Belize on 4 September 1989.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p104 The result was a narrow victory for the People's United Party, which won 15 of the 28 seats. The United Democratic Party lost its supermajority, moving into opposition. Voter turnout was 72.6%.
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.General Election 1989 , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 9 October 2014)The Right Honourable George Cadle Price, AmbergrisCaye.com. (accessed 9 October 2014)
Results
By constituency DivisionElectorateTurnout%CandidatePartyVotes%Caribbean Shores2,7791,74562.7 Manuel Esquivel 95754.8 Louis Humphreys 77544.4Freetown2,7711,77464.0 Derek Aikman 96154.2 Araceli "Lita" Hunter Krohn 78344.1Pickstock2,4531,51461.7 George Cadle Price 90659.8 Cyril Davis 58434.5Fort George2,8331,78062.8 Said Musa 1,10562.0 Dean Lindo 65636.8Lake Independence3,3762,11562.6 Carlos Diaz 1,09151.5 Hubert Elrington 97846.2Albert2,3931,39758.0 Phillip Goldson 81258.1 Roy Young 56040.0Collet2,6561,61660.8 Remijio Montejo 94058.2 Frank Lizama 66140.9Mesopotamia2,8181,57055.7 Curl Thompson 83453.1 Stephen Latchman 71345.4Queen's Square2,8961,69758.5 Dean Barrow 1,08563.9 Tom Greenwood 58834.6Port Loyola3,0021,75958.5 Henry Young 99156.3 Ernest Staine 69539.5Belize Rural North2,4691,65366.9 Samuel Rhaburn 80648.8 Ewing Maxwell Samuels 76045.9 Rufus X 653.9Belize Rural South3,3502,29768.5 Glenn Godfrey 148964.8 Rudolph Thompson 76233.2Orange Walk North2,9822,64188.5 Ruben Campos 133850.6 Santiago Rosado 1,25647.5Orange Walk Central2,7172,17079.8 Leopoldo Briceno 114452.7 Leliz Carballo 1,01046.5Orange Walk East3,2642,70682.9 Elodio Aragon 146454.1 Ramon Cervantes 119544.2Orange Walk South3,0572,74381.7 Guadalupe Pech 1,37850.2 Onesimo Pech 1,33148.5Cayo North3,7512,95178.6 Salvador Fernandez 1,56252.9 Ismael "Miley" Garcia 1,32144.8Cayo South3,1992,38274.0 Samuel Waight 1,42559.8 Philip Brackett 91038.2Cayo West2,5392,01079.0 Miguel Ruiz 1,03351.3 Carlos Leon 92946.2Cayo Central3,2492,49176.6 Daniel Silva 1,27751.2 Eduardo "Dito" Juan 1,15246.2Corozal North2,9222,52286.3 Valdemar Castillo 1,37154.4 Richard Quan 1,11944.4Corozal South West2,8212,39885.0 Asterio Ortega 1,30954.6 Everaldo Puck 1,05543.9Corozal Bay3,3362,54476.0 Juan Vildo Marin 1,25850.5 Israel Alpuche 1,20147.2Corozal South East3,2032,88790.0 Florencio Marin 1,52852.9 Doroteo Pott 1,32045.7Dangriga3,4862,33066.8 Theodore Aranda 1,23352.9 Randolph Enriquez 1,05745.4Stann Creek West2,2861,78377.9 Melvin Hulse 88149.4 Conrad Lewis 87148.8Toledo East3,3752,49473.8 Michael Espat 1,29852.0 Charles Wagner 1,16846.8Toledo West2,5731,98553.5 William "Dennis" Usher 1,06253.5 Samuel Alexander "Alejandro" Vernon 91145.9Source: Belize TimesThe Belize Times, 10 September 1989, pC–D
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