1961 British Honduras general election
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General elections were held in British Honduras on 26 March 1961. They were the first following a constitutional review, which had increased the number of elected seats from 9 to 18, whilst a further five members would be appointed by the Governor and two would be officials.[1] The result was a victory for the ruling People's United Party, which won all 18 seats.[2]
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All 18 seats in the Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 79.50% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The National Independence Party, founded in 1958 by a merger of the two previous major opposition parties, the Honduran Independence Party and the National Party, contested general elections for the first time in 1961. A third party formed by former PUP and NP members, the Christian Democratic Party, also fielded candidates. Both parties failed to win seats.
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| People's United Party | 13,975 | 64.67 | 18 | +9 | |
| National Independence Party | 5,107 | 23.63 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 2,514 | 11.63 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 15 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 21,611 | 100.00 | 18 | +9 | |
| Valid votes | 21,611 | 98.08 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 422 | 1.92 | |||
| Total votes | 22,033 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 27,714 | 79.50 | |||
| Source: Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission | |||||
By division
edit| Division | Electorate | Turnout | % | Political party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Albert | 2,424 | 2,058 | 84.9 | People's United Party | Frederick Westby | 42.8 | ||
| Christian Democratic Party | Nicholas Pollard | 37.9 | ||||||
| National Independence Party | Floss Casasola | 18.7 | ||||||
| Belize Rural North | 1,406 | 1,041 | 74.0 | People's United Party | Fred Hunter | 62.2 | ||
| Christian Democratic Party | Arthur Wade | 25.4 | ||||||
| National Independence Party | Marcelo Casasola | 10.3 | ||||||
| Belize Rural South | 1,052 | 781 | 74.2 | People's United Party | Louis Sylvestre | 81.3 | ||
| National Independence Party | Todd Brown | 15.6 | ||||||
| Cayo North | 1,292 | 1,042 | 80.7 | People's United Party | Hector Silva | 70.5 | ||
| National Independence Party | Manuel Figueroa | 27.0 | ||||||
| Cayo South | 1,174 | 962 | 81.9 | People's United Party | Santiago Perdomo | 61.3 | ||
| Christian Democratic Party | Eduardo Espat | 30.0 | ||||||
| National Independence Party | Pedro Mena | 5.8 | ||||||
| Collet | 2,706 | 2,168 | 80.1 | People's United Party | Albert Cattouse | 44.6 | ||
| National Independence Party | Edward Flowers | 43.9 | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Party | Mervin Hulse | 9.3 | ||||||
| Corozal North | 1,473 | 1,141 | 77.5 | People's United Party | Santiago Ricalde | 79.9 | ||
| National Independence Party | Gualberto Martinez | 18.1 | ||||||
| Corozal South | 1,480 | 956 | 64.6 | People's United Party | Jesus Ken | 85.7 | ||
| National Independence Party | Victor Greenwood | 10.5 | ||||||
| Fort George | 1,422 | 1,225 | 86.1 | People's United Party | Alexander Hunter | 60.2 | ||
| National Independence Party | Herbert Fuller | 28.5 | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Party | Denbigh Jeffery | 10.8 | ||||||
| Freetown | 1,850 | 1,625 | 87.8 | People's United Party | George Cadle Price | 67.1 | ||
| National Independence Party | Sabino Savery | 24.8 | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Party | Erenst Cain | 7.6 | ||||||
| Mesopotamia | 2,501 | 1,993 | 79.7 | People's United Party | C. L. B. Rogers | 62.4 | ||
| National Independence Party | Erlean Casasola | 28.4 | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Party | Edward Usher | 8.6 | ||||||
| Orange Walk North | 1,377 | 1,089 | 79.1 | People's United Party | Victor Orellana | 57.6 | ||
| National Independence Party | Eloy Escalante | 40.7 | ||||||
| Orange Walk South | 926 | 680 | 73.4 | People's United Party | Guadalupe Pech | 81.4 | ||
| National Independence Party | Ignacio Vega | 14.4 | ||||||
| Pickstock | 1,680 | 1,418 | 84.4 | People's United Party | Gwendolyn Lizarraga | 68.6 | ||
| National Independence Party | Jaime Staines | 16.3 | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Party | Clare Gill | 13.3 | ||||||
| Independent | Robert Taylor | 0.7 | ||||||
| Independent | James Ysaguirre | 0.4 | ||||||
| Stann Creek Rural | 1,856 | 1,343 | 72.4 | People's United Party | David McKoy | 72.3 | ||
| National Independence Party | Harry Stanley | 23.7 | ||||||
| Stann Creek Town | 1,816 | 1,493 | 82.2 | People's United Party | Allan Arthurs | 52.3 | ||
| National Independence Party | Paul Guerrero | 44.2 | ||||||
| Toledo North | 547 | 374 | 68.4 | People's United Party | Faustino Zuniga | 55.6 | ||
| National Independence Party | Charles Westby | 42.2 | ||||||
| Toledo South | 941 | 732 | 77.8 | People's United Party | Sam Vernon | 48.0 | ||
| National Independence Party | Francis Martinez | 39.5 | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Party | Alan Woodeye | 11.5 | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p100 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ General Elections 1961[permanent dead link], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)