BELIZE ELECTIONS OF 7 MARCH 2012 ================================================================== Election to the House of Representatives Source: Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission, media websites Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------ * PUP - People's United Party * UDP - United Democratic Party NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ================================================================== Registered voters: 178,054 Total votes cast: 129,627 72.8 Invalid votes: 1,463 01.1 Valid votes: 128,164 98.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ People's United Party 61,349 47.9 +06.8 14 +08 United Democratic Party 64,976 50.7 -06.3 17 -08 Others 1,839 01.4 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 128,164 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------ These figures are derived by aggregating the constituency figures given below. However, since there seem to be several errors in the constituency figures, the accuracy of these figures cannot be guaranteed. VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ================================================================== ALBERT ================================================================== Registered voters: 3,180 Total votes cast: 1,886 59.3 Invalid votes: 45 02.4 Valid votes: 1,841 97.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ David Craig + PUP 807 43.8 -19.8 Herman LONGSWORTH UDP 1,034 56.2 +19.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 1,841 ------------------------------------------------------------------ BELIZE RURAL CENTRAL ================================================================== Registered voters: 5,920 Total votes cast: 3,917 66.2 Invalid votes: 37 00.9 Valid votes: 3,880 99.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dolores BALDERAMOS PUP 2,005 51.7 +04.7 Fred Hunter 74 01.9 Michael Hutchinson * UDP 1,801 46.4 -05.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 3,880 ------------------------------------------------------------------ BELIZE RURAL NORTH ================================================================== Registered voters: 5,404 Total votes cast: 3,761 69.6 Invalid votes: 21 00.6 Valid votes: 3,740 99.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Edmond CASTRO * UDP 2,103 56.2 -08.2 Arthur Salvidar PUP 1,588 42.5 +06.9 Rufus X 49 01.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 3,740 ------------------------------------------------------------------ BELIZE RURAL SOUTH ================================================================== Registered voters: 7,100 Total votes cast: 4,987 70.2 Invalid votes: 126 02.5 Valid votes: 4,861 97.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Patty Arceo PUP 2,026 41.7 +05.2 William Campbell 24 00.5 Jose Manuel HEREDIA * UDP 2,479 51.0 -11.1 Robert Lopez 332 06.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 4,861 ------------------------------------------------------------------ BELMOPAN ================================================================== Registered voters: 7,780 Total votes cast: 5,603 72.0 Invalid votes: 41 00.7 Valid votes: 5,562 99.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Amin Hegar PUP 2,557 45.6 +09.8 John SALDIVAR * UDP 2,775 49.5 -06.8 Richard Smith 230 04.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 5,562 ------------------------------------------------------------------ CARIBBEAN SHORES ================================================================== Registered voters: 5,117 Total votes cast: 3,363 65.7 Invalid votes: 37 01.1 Valid votes: 3,326 98.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Santino CASTILLO + UDP 2,001 60.2 -05.7 David Hoy PUP 1,325 39.8 +05.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 3,326 ------------------------------------------------------------------ CAYO CENTRAL ================================================================== Registered voters: 7,180 Total votes cast: 5,072 70.6 Invalid votes: 72 01.4 Valid votes: 5,000 98.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Collet Montejo PUP 2,478 49.6 +15.5 Rene MONTERO * UDP 2,522 50.4 -11.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 5,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------ CAYO NORTH ================================================================== Registered voters: 6,213 Total votes cast: 4,641 74.7 Invalid votes: 83 01.8 Valid votes: 4,558 98.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Marcel Bedran 191 04.2 Salvador Fernandez * UDP 1,985 43.6 -19.5 Joseph MAHMUD PUP 2,382 52.3 +17.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 4,558 ------------------------------------------------------------------ CAYO NORTH EAST ================================================================== Registered voters: 5,548 Total votes cast: 4,122 74.3 Invalid votes: 37 00.9 Valid votes: 4,085 99.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Orlando Habet PUP 2,034 49.8 +08.2 Elvin PENNER * UDP 2,051 50.2 -03.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 4,085 ------------------------------------------------------------------ CAYO SOUTH ================================================================== Registered voters: 6,905 Total votes cast: 4,737 68.6 Invalid votes: 60 01.3 Valid votes: 4,677 98.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Julius ESPAT PUP 2,568 54.9 +13.5 Ramon Witz * UDP 2,109 45.1 -07.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 4,677 ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Elections and Boundaries Commission gives Espat 3,051 votes and Witz 2,109 votes, a total of 5,160, which is clearly an error. I have obtained the figure of 2,568 for Espat from the CTV3 News website. CAYO WEST ================================================================== Registered voters: 6,351 Total votes cast: 4,898 77.1 Invalid votes: 74 01.5 Valid votes: 4,824 98.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Erwin CONTRERAS * UDP 3,079 63.8 +01.7 Oscar Sabido PUP 1,745 36.2 -00.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 4,824 ------------------------------------------------------------------ COLLET ================================================================== Registered voters: 4,627 Total votes cast: 3,046 65.8 Invalid votes: 37 01.2 Valid votes: 3,009 98.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Patrick FABER * UDP 1,949 64.8 +07.0 Carolyn Trench-Sandiford PUP 1,060 35.3 -04.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 3,009 ------------------------------------------------------------------ COROZAL BAY ================================================================== Registered voters: 6,237 Total votes cast: 4,652 74.6 Invalid votes: 70 01.5 Valid votes: 4,582 98.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Gregorio Garcia PUP 2,192 47.8 +07.6 Pablo MARIN * UDP 2,340 51.1 -08.7 Carlos Sawers 50 01.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 4,582 ------------------------------------------------------------------ COROZAL NORTH ================================================================== Registered voters: 6,233 Total votes cast: 5,152 82.7 Invalid votes: 15 00.3 Valid votes: 5,137 99.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Valdemar Castillo PUP 2,464 48.0 +02.9 Hugo PATT + UDP 2,573 52.0 -02.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 5,137 ------------------------------------------------------------------ COROZAL SOUTH EAST ================================================================== Registered voters: 6,549 Total votes cast: 5,609 85.7 Invalid votes: 23 00.4 Valid votes: 5,586 99.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Florencio MARIN Jr * PUP 2,999 53.7 +03.5 Raul Rosado UDP 2,587 46.3 -03.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 5,586 ------------------------------------------------------------------ COROZAL SOUTH WEST ================================================================== Registered voters: 5,745 Total votes cast: 4,674 81.4 Invalid votes: 17 00.4 Valid votes: 4,657 99.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Angel Campos 384 08.3 Gabriel Martinez * UDP 2,120 45.5 -12.8 Ramiro RAMIREZ PUP 2,153 46.2 +04.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 4,657 ------------------------------------------------------------------ DANGRIGA ================================================================== Registered voters: 5,904 Total votes cast: 3,828 64.8 Invalid votes: 56 01.5 Valid votes: 3,772 98.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Mateo Polanco 37 01.0 Ivan RAMOS PUP 2,036 54.0 +12.5 Arthur Roches * UDP 1,699 45.0 -11.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 3,772 ------------------------------------------------------------------ FORT GEORGE ================================================================== Registered voters: 3,133 Total votes cast: 1,941 62.0 Invalid votes: 24 01.2 Valid votes: 1,917 98.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ George Gough UDP 715 37.3 -04.6 Said MUSA * PUP 1,202 62.7 +04.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 1,917 ------------------------------------------------------------------ FREETOWN ================================================================== Registered voters: 4,230 Total votes cast: 2,999 70.9 Invalid votes: 33 01.1 Valid votes: 2,966 98.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Francis FONSECA * PUP 1,558 52.5 +02.6 Lee Chang UDP 1,408 47.5 -01.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 2,966 ------------------------------------------------------------------ LAKE INDEPENDENCE ================================================================== Registered voters: 5,145 Total votes cast: 3,217 62,5 Invalid votes: 78 02.4 Valid votes: 3,139 97.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Carlos Diaz 223 07.1 Martin Galvez + PUP 1,372 43.7 -10.5 Mark KING UDP 1,544 49.2 +05.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 3,139 ------------------------------------------------------------------ MESOPOTAMIA ================================================================== Registered voters: 3,710 Total votes cast: 2,256 81.6 Invalid votes: 35 01.5 Valid votes: 2,221 98.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael FINNEGAN * UDP 1,841 81.6 +04.7 Phillip Palacio PUP 380 18.4 -03.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 2,221 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ORANGE WALK CENTRAL ================================================================== Registered voters: 6,694 Total votes cast: 5,198 77.7 Invalid votes: 55 Valid votes: 5,143 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Johhny BRICENO * PUP 3,042 59.2 +06.7 Denni Grijalva UDP 2,156 40.8 -05.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 5,143 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ORANGE WALK EAST ================================================================== Registered voters: 6,917 Total votes cast: 5,299 76.6 Invalid votes: 42 00.8 Valid votes: 5,257 99.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Orlando Burns + UDP 2,496 47.5 -06.6 Dr Marco MENDEZ PUP 2,761 52.5 +08.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 5,257 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ORANGE WALK NORTH ================================================================== Registered voters: 7,061 Total votes cast: 5,822 82.5 Invalid votes: 60 01.0 Valid votes: 5,762 99.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jorge Briceno PUP 2,357 40.9 -00.3 Gaspar VEGA * UDP 3,405 59.1 +02.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 5,762 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ORANGE WALK SOUTH ================================================================== Registered voters: 6,837 Total votes cast: 5,621 82.2 Invalid votes: 48 00.8 Valid votes: 5,573 99.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jose MAI PUP 2,968 53.3 +05.6 Rosendo Urbina + UDP 2,605 46.7 -04.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 5,573 ------------------------------------------------------------------ PICKSTOCK ================================================================== Registered voters: 3,243 Total votes cast: 2,031 62.6 Invalid votes: 37 01.8 Valid votes: 1,994 98.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Wilfred ELRINGTON * UDP 1,038 51.1 -06.0 Francis Smith PUP 956 48.9 +06.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 1,994 ------------------------------------------------------------------ PORT LOYOLA ================================================================== Registered voters: 4,469 Total votes cast: 2,830 63.3 Invalid votes: 51 01.8 Valid votes: 2,779 98.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Anthony MARTINEZ * UDP 1,789 64.4 -09.8 Gilroy Usher PUP 990 35.6 +09.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 2,779 ------------------------------------------------------------------ QUEEN'S SQUARE ================================================================== Registered voters: 3,960 Total votes cast: 2,577 65.1 Invalid votes: 48 01.9 Valid votes: 2,529 98.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dean BARROW * UDP 2,039 80.6 +04.5 Anthony Glenford PUP 490 19.4 -04.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 2,529 ------------------------------------------------------------------ STANN CREEK WEST ================================================================== Registered voters: 7,888 Total votes cast: 6,123 77.6 Invalid votes: 26 00.4 Valid votes: 6,097 99.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Rodwell FERGUSON PUP 3,272 53.7 +11.5 Melvin Hulse * UDP 2,698 44.3 -12.7 Charles Leslie 127 02.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 6,097 ------------------------------------------------------------------ TOLEDO EAST ================================================================== Registered voters: 6,640 Total votes cast: 4,835 72.8 Invalid votes: 59 01.2 Valid votes: 4,776 98.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael ESPAT PUP 2,417 50.6 +13.4 William Maheia 282 05.9 Peter Martinez * UDP 2,077 43.5 -11.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 4,776 ------------------------------------------------------------------ TOLEDO WEST ================================================================== Registered voters: 6,134 Total votes cast: 5,068 82.6 Invalid votes: 16 00.3 Valid votes: 5,052 99.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Martin Ack 29 00.6 Juan Coy * UDP 1,858 36.8 -22.8 Oscar REQUENA PUP 3,165 62.5 +27.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 5,052 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