2015 Belizean general election

2015 Belizean general election
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All 31 seats in the House of Representatives
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.69% (Decrease0.49pp)
  First party Second party
  Dean Barrow Francis Fonseca
Leader Dean Barrow Francis Fonseca
Party UDP PUP
Leader since 30 August 1998 (1998-08-30) 3 November 2011 (2011-11-03)
Leader's seat Queen's Square Freetown
Last election 17 seats 14 seats
Seats won 19 12
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2
Popular vote 71,452 67,566
Percentage 50.52% 47.77%
Popular vote by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Dean Barrow
UDP

Subsequent Prime Minister

Dean Barrow
UDP

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General elections were held in Belize on 4 November 2015 to elect members of the House of Representatives. On 28 September 2015 Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced that he had advised the Governor-General to dissolve the National Assembly and to fix Wednesday 4 November 2015 as the date for the next general elections.[1]

Barrow's United Democratic Party increased its majority from 17 seats to 19 seats.[2][3] While the People's United Party won 12 seats.[3]

  1. ^ a b Trujillo, Renee. "Prime Minister Announces Date for General Elections" Archived 2015-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, LOVE FM, 28 September 2015. (accessed 29 September 2015)
  2. ^ Garcia, David Alire. "Belize PM Barrow wins record third consecutive term", Reuters, 5 November 2015. (accessed 5 November 2015)
  3. ^ a b "Election Results". Breaking Belize News. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2016.