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1989 Belizean general election

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All 28 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout	72.62%
First party Second party   Leader George Cadle Price Manuel Esquivel Party PUP UDP Leader since 1956 1983 Leader's seat Pickstock Caribbean Shores Last election 7 seats 21 seats Seats won 15 13 Seat change 8 8 Popular vote 29,986 28,900 Percentage 50.9% 49.0% Swing 6.9 5.1
Popular vote by constituency. As Belize uses the FPTP electoral system, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each constituency
Prime Minister before election Manuel Esquivel UDP Subsequent Prime Minister George Cadle Price PUP

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General elections were held in Belize on 4 September 1989. 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.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's United Party	29,986	50.87	15	+8
	United Democratic Party	28,900	49.02	13	–8
	Independents	65	0.11	0	0
Total		58,951	100.00	28	0
Valid votes		58,951	98.33
Invalid/blank votes		1,003	1.67
Total votes		59,954	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		82,556	72.62
Source: Nohlen

By constituency

References

1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p104 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
2. "Election Watch". Journal of Democracy. 1 (1): 118–121. 1990. ISSN 1086-3214.
3. General Election 1989 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 9 October 2014)
4. The Right Honourable George Cadle Price, AmbergrisCaye.com. (accessed 9 October 2014)
5. The Belize Times, 10 September 1989, pC–D

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