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General elections were held in Belize on 11 November 2020 to elect the 31 members of the House of Representatives. [1] Nomination day was 21 October. [2]The People's United Party achieved its first national election victory since 2003, winning 26 seats, while the incumbent United Democratic Party had its worst result since 1998, winning the remaining 5 seats. [3]
Dissolving the National Assembly of Belize is the prerogative of the Governor General of Belize, currently Dame Froyla Tzalam.Under sections 84 and 85 of the Constitution, the Governor General can at any time dissolve or prorogue the Assembly under the advice of the Prime Minister of Belize, with the caveat that a general election must be called within three months of such dissolution, unless ...
← 2020: 12 March 2025: ... General elections are scheduled to be held in Belize on 12 March 2025 to elect the 31 members of the House of Representatives. [1]
The United Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Democrático Unido; [6] [7] abbreviated UDP) is one of the two major political parties in Belize.It is currently the main opposition party, having lost the 2020 Belizean general election, after previously holding the government across three prior terms.
The most recent general election to the House of Representatives, held on 11 November 2020, was the 16th since 1954 when universal literate adult suffrage was introduced, and the 8th since independence from the United Kingdom in 1981.
Conservative United Democratic Party led Belize 12 years under Prime Minister Dean Barrow, until general election in November 2020 was won by the opposition centre-left PUP party. The leader of the People’s United Party (PUP) Johnny Briceño , a former deputy prime minister, became the new prime minister of Belize on 13 November 2021.
It is currently the governing party of Belize after success in the 2020 Belizean general election, winning a majority of 26 seats out of 31 in the Belizean House of Representatives. It is a centre-left [6] Christian democratic party. [1] [2] The party leader is Johnny Briceño, who currently serves as the Prime Minister of Belize.
Belize's 6 districts are politically divided into 31 constituencies. Each constituency sends one representative to Belize's House of Representatives for 5-year terms. This election is known as the General Election. Each person (who is eligible to vote) votes for the candidate they would want to represent their constituency in Central Government.