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When Belize became fully independent and joined in the Commonwealth [2] on September 21, 1981, the two parties UDP (United Democratic Party) and PUP rose in the political scene. [3] This made an effect two-party system. [3] The UDP believes in pro-business and the PUP believes in pro-labour but both are closely centred in the spectrum. [3]
The UDP previously governed Belize from 30 June 1993 to 27 August 1998; the PUP had governed from 4 September 1989 to 30 June 1993; and the UDP from 14 December 1984 to 4 September 1989. Before 1984, the PUP had dominated the electoral scene for more than 30 years and was the party in power when Belize became independent on 21 September 1981.
The PUP was founded in 1950 out of the Nationalist Movement, as an anti-colonial party while the country was ruled by the United Kingdom as British Honduras.Under George Cadle Price the PUP played a major role in negotiating Belize's self-government in 1964 and eventual independence in 1981.
Standard bearers are considered party officials responsible for overall political organization in their particular constituencies regardless of whether they currently serve in the Belize House or not. Members of the 13-seat upper house of the National Assembly, the Senate, are officially appointed by the Governor-General of Belize. In current ...
The Belize Progressive Party (BPP) is a Belizean political party founded in 2015 by a merger of several extra-parliamentary opposition groups.The BPP made its electoral debut in the November 2015 general election, in which it fielded 25 candidates and captured 1.63 percent of the vote nationwide (2,336 votes).
The Belize People's Front, a progressive party, announced its intention to contest 17 seats, [44] of which they ultimately filed for 13. The party was founded in 2013, but this was its first general election. [45] BPF leader Nancy Marin was the first female political party leader in Belize. [42]
Elections took place across the eight towns and two cities in Belize; Punta Gorda, Dangriga, San Ignacio and Santa Elena, Benque Viejo del Carmen, Orange Walk Town, Corozal Town, San Pedro Town, Belmopan and Belize City.
Presently, there are thirty-one elected Members of the House of Representatives. The party with the majority of seats in the House of Representatives forms the Government, the Executive branch which has direct control of the civil and military apparatus of state and makes day-to-day decisions on the management of those resources.