| Belize Rural North | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives | |
| District | Belize |
| Electorate | 5,937 (2015) |
| Major settlements | Maskall, Lucky Strike |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1961 |
| Party | People's United Party |
| Area Representative | Marconi Leal |
Belize Rural North is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Marconi Leal of the People's United Party.
Profile
The Belize Rural North constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. Out of the 13 Belize District constituencies it is one of three located outside the Belize City limits, consisting of the northern half of the Belize District mainland. Altun Ha, a major Mayan ruin, is located in the constituency.[1]
Area representatives
| Election | Area representative[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Fred Hunter | PUP | |
| 1965 | Fred Hunter | PUP | |
| 1969 | Fred Hunter | PUP | |
| 1974 | Fred Hunter | PUP | |
| 1979 | Fred Hunter | PUP | |
| 1984 | Sam Rhaburn | UDP | |
| 1989 | Sam Rhaburn | UDP | |
| 1993 | Maxwell Samuels | PUP | |
| 1998 | Maxwell Samuels | PUP | |
| 2003 | Maxwell Samuels | PUP | |
| 2008 | Edmond Castro | UDP | |
| 2012 | Edmond Castro | UDP | |
| 2015 | Edmond Castro | UDP | |
| 2020 | Marconi Leal | PUP | |
Elections
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 general election[3] Electorate: 5,404 Turnout: 3,761 (69.6%) −7.85 | UDP hold Majority: 515 (13.7%) −14.94 | Edmond Castro | UDP | 2,103 | 55.92 | −8.07 | ||
| Arthur Saldivar | PUP | 1,588 | 42.22 | +6.87 | ||||
| Rufus X | PNP | 49 | 1.3 | - | ||||
| 2008 general election[4] Electorate: 4,879 Turnout: 3,779 (77.45%) −3.55 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 1,082 (28.64%) +21.4 | Edmond Castro | UDP | 2,418 | 63.99 | +17.78 | ||
| Earl "Bob Rancho" Perez | PUP | 1,336 | 35.35 | −18.1 | ||||
| 2003 general election[5] Electorate: 3,342 Turnout: 2,707 (81.0%) −5.62 | PUP hold Majority: 196 (7.24%) +1.34 | Maxwell Samuels | PUP | 1,447 | 53.45 | +1.3 | ||
| Felix Sutherland | UDP | 1,251 | 46.21 | −0.04 | ||||
| 1998 general election[6] Electorate: 2,526 Turnout: 2,188 (86.62%) +16.89 | PUP hold Majority: 129 (5.9%) +5.7 | Maxwell Samuels | PUP | 1,141 | 52.15 | +2.05 | ||
| Denton Belisle | UDP | 1,012 | 46.25 | −3.65 | ||||
| Estevan Perrera | PDP | 22 | 1.01 | - | ||||
| Reni Coleman | NABR | 8 | 0.36 | - | ||||
| 1993 general election[7][8] Electorate: 2,699 Turnout: 1,882 (69.73%) +2.78 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 4 (0.2%) −2.6 | Maxwell Samuels | PUP | 943 | 50.1 | +4.1 | ||
| Sam Rhaburn | UDP | 939 | 49.9 | −1.1 | ||||
| 1989 general election[9][10] Electorate: 2,469 Turnout: 1,653 (66.95%) −5.89 | UDP hold Majority: 46 (2.8%) −9.1 | Sam Rhaburn | UDP | 806 | 48.8 | −7.1 | ||
| Maxwell Samuels | PUP | 760 | 46.0 | +2.6 | ||||
| Rufus X | Independent | 65 | 3.9 | - | ||||
| 1984 general election[11][12] Electorate: 2,106 Turnout: 1,534 (72.84%) −18.11 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 193 (11.9%) +9.8 | Sam Rhaburn | UDP | 858 | 55.9 | +7.8 | ||
| Fred Hunter | PUP | 665 | 43.4 | −6.8 | ||||
| 1979 general election[13] Electorate: 1,690 Turnout: 1,537 (90.95%) +21.56 | PUP hold Majority: 2.1% (−23.6) | Fred Hunter | PUP | 50.2 | −0.3 | |||
| Lionel Tillett | UDP | 48.1 | - | |||||
| 1974 general election[14] Electorate: 1,359 Turnout: 943 (69.39%) −2.44 | PUP hold Majority: 25.7% (−2.8) | Fred Hunter | PUP | 50.5 | −11.8 | |||
| William Gillett | Independent | 24.8 | - | |||||
| Leslie Day | UDP | - | ||||||
| 1969 general election[15] Electorate: 1,278 Turnout: 918 (71.83%) +7.22 | PUP hold Majority: 28.5% (−11.1) | Fred Hunter | PUP | 62.3 | −5.5 | |||
| Roy Canton | NIP | 33.8 | +5.6 | |||||
| 1965 general election[16] Electorate: 1,585 Turnout: 1,024 (64.61%) −9.43 | PUP hold Majority: 39.6% (+2.8) | Fred Hunter | PUP | 67.8 | +5.6 | |||
| Elwyn Pitts | NIP | 28.2 | +17.9 | |||||
| 1961 general election[17] Electorate: 1,406 Turnout: 1,041 (74.04%) n/a | PUP win Majority: 36.8% (n/a) | Fred Hunter | PUP | 62.2 | - | |||
| Arthur Wade | CDP | 25.4 | - | |||||
| Marcelo Casasola | NIP | 10.3 | - | |||||
References
- ↑ Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
- ↑ Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
- ↑ GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
- ↑ General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
- ↑ General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
- ↑ General Elections 1979, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ General Elections 1974, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ General Elections 1969, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ General Elections 1965, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ General Elections 1961, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
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