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Belize |
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Area: 22,965 sq km (8,867 sq miles) | Population: 312,900 (UN, 2010)
Capital City: Belmopan |
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- Overview
- Constitution
- Political Parties
- Past Elections
- Election Reports
- Manifestos
- Weblinks
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| Head of State |
Inherited monarchy with a Governor General appointed by the British Monarch |
| Head of Government |
Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor General |
| Structure of Parliament |
Bicameral Parliament consisting of the Senate with 12 seats and the House of Representatives with 31 seats. |
| Electoral Law |
29 March 1978;
Last amendment: 7/7/1998 |
| Constituencies |
31 single-member constituencies |
| Voting System |
In the Senate 12 members are appointed by the governor-general to serve a 5-year term. In House of Representatives 31 members are elected by direct popular vote to serve a 5-year term. The Speaker may be designated from outside parliament and becomes a member of parliament by virtue of holding the office of Speaker. |
| Term of Office |
5 years |
| Voter Requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Belize or British Commonwealth citizens who are domiciled or have resided in the country for at least one year immediately before polling day.
- disqualifications: insanity, undischarged bankruptcy, electoral fraud, sentence to death or imprisonment exceeding one year |
| Candidate Eligibility and Requirements |
Qualified electors
- age: 18 years
- Belize citizenship
- residence in the country for at least one year immediately prior to nomination.
- ineligibility: allegiance to a foreign State |
| Electoral Authority |
Elections and Boundaries Department - Elections and Boundaries Commission |
| Last Elections |
February 2012 |
| Next Elections |
February 2017 |
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| National Alliance for Belizean Rights or NABR |
| National Reform Party or NRP [Cornelius DUECK] |
| People's National Party or PNP [Wil MAHEIA] |
| People's United Party or PUP [John BRICENO] |
| United Democratic Party or UDP [Dean BARROW] |
| Vision Inspired by the People or VIP [Paul MORGAN} |
| We the People Reform Movement or WTP [Hipolito BAUTISTA] |
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Specific Date |
Election Type |
View Results |
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| 1998 |
27 August 1998 |
Parliamentary |
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IFES Election Guide |
| 2003 |
5 March 2003 |
Parliamentary |
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IFES Election Guide |
| 2008 |
7 February 2008 |
Parliamentary |
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IFES Election Guide |
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