1961 British Honduras general election

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1961 British Honduras general election
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All 18 seats in the Legislative Assembly
Turnout79.50%
 First party
  George Cadle Price.jpg
Leader George Cadle Price
Party PUP
Leader since1956
Leader's seat Freetown
Last election9 seats
Seats won18
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 9
Popular vote13,975
Percentage64.67%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.35
British Honduras general election 1961 - Results by Constituency.svg
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
First Minister before election

George Cadle Price
PUP

Elected First Minister

George Cadle Price
PUP

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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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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's United Party 13,97564.6718+9
National Independence Party 5,10723.6300
Christian Democratic Party 2,51411.630New
Independents 150.0700
Total21,611100.0018+9
Valid votes21,61198.08
Invalid/blank votes4221.92
Total votes22,033100.00
Registered voters/turnout27,71479.50
Source: Elections and Boundaries Department

By division

DivisionElectorateTurnout%Political partyCandidateVotes%
Albert 2,4242,05884.9 People's United Party Frederick Westby42.8
Christian Democratic Party Nicholas Pollard37.9
National Independence Party Floss Casasola18.7
Belize Rural North 1,4061,04174.0 People's United Party Fred Hunter62.2
Christian Democratic Party Arthur Wade25.4
National Independence Party Marcelo Casasola10.3
Belize Rural South 1,05278174.2 People's United Party Louis Sylvestre81.3
National Independence Party Todd Brown15.6
Cayo North 1,2921,04280.7 People's United Party Hector Silva70.5
National Independence Party Manuel Figueroa27.0
Cayo South 1,17496281.9 People's United Party Santiago Perdomo61.3
Christian Democratic Party Eduardo Espat30.0
National Independence Party Pedro Mena5.8
Collet 2,7062,16880.1 People's United Party Albert Cattouse44.6
National Independence Party Edward Flowers43.9
Christian Democratic Party Mervin Hulse9.3
Corozal North 1,4731,14177.5 People's United Party Santiago Ricalde79.9
National Independence Party Gualberto Martinez18.1
Corozal South1,48095664.6 People's United Party Jesus Ken85.7
National Independence Party Victor Greenwood10.5
Fort George 1,4221,22586.1 People's United Party Alexander Hunter60.2
National Independence Party Herbert Fuller28.5
Christian Democratic Party Denbigh Jeffery10.8
Freetown 1,8501,62587.8 People's United Party George Cadle Price 67.1
National Independence Party Sabino Savery24.8
Christian Democratic Party Erenst Cain7.6
Mesopotamia 2,5011,99379.7 People's United Party C. L. B. Rogers62.4
National Independence Party Erlean Casasola28.4
Christian Democratic Party Edward Usher8.6
Orange Walk North 1,3771,08979.1 People's United Party Victor Orellana57.6
National Independence Party Eloy Escalante40.7
Orange Walk South 92668073.4 People's United Party Guadalupe Pech81.4
National Independence Party Ignacio Vega14.4
Pickstock 1,6801,41884.4 People's United Party Gwendolyn Lizarraga68.6
National Independence Party Jaime Staines16.3
Christian Democratic Party Clare Gill13.3
IndependentRobert Taylor0.7
IndependentJames Ysaguirre0.4
Stann Creek Rural1,8561,34372.4 People's United Party David McKoy72.3
National Independence Party Harry Stanley23.7
Stann Creek Town1,8161,49382.2 People's United Party Allan Arthurs52.3
National Independence Party Paul Guerrero44.2
Toledo North54737468.4 People's United Party Faustino Zuniga55.6
National Independence Party Charles Westby42.2
Toledo South94173277.8 People's United Party Sam Vernon48.0
National Independence Party Francis Martinez39.5
Christian Democratic Party Alan Woodeye11.5

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p100 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ↑ General Elections 1961 [ permanent dead link ], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
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