| Belize Rural South | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives | |
 | |
| District | Belize |
| Electorate | 8,749 (2012) |
| Major settlements | San Pedro Town |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1961 |
| Party | People's United Party |
| Area Representative | Andre Perez |
Belize Rural South is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Andre Perez of the People's United Party (PUP).
The Rural South constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. Out of the 13 Belize District constituencies it is one of three located outside the Belize City limits. Belize Rural South consists of the offshore cayes (islands) of Belize District, including Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker and St. George's Caye. San Pedro Town on Ambergris Caye is the constituency's main settlement.
Ever since the creation of Belize Rural Central in 1993, the name "Belize Rural South" has been something of a misnomer, as the constituency lies primarily to the north and east of the Belize District mainland. [1] In 2012 it reported an electorate of 7,100, larger than any other Belize District constituency.
| Election | Area representative [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Louis Sylvestre | PUP | |
| 1965 | Louis Sylvestre | PUP | |
| 1969 | Louis Sylvestre | PUP | |
| 1974 | Louis Sylvestre | PUP | |
| 1979 | Louis Sylvestre | PUP | |
| 1984 | Louis Sylvestre | PUP | |
| 1989 | Glenn Godfrey | PUP | |
| 1993 | Glenn Godfrey | PUP | |
| 1998 | Patty Arceo | PUP | |
| 2003 | Manuel Heredia | UDP | |
| 2008 | Manuel Heredia | UDP | |
| 2012 | Manuel Heredia | UDP | |
| 2015 | Manuel Heredia | UDP | |
| 2020 | Andre Perez | PUP | |
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 general election [3] Electorate: 7,100 Turnout: 4,987 (70.24%) −3.71 | UDP hold Majority: 453 (9.08%) −16.26 | Manuel Heredia | UDP | 2,479 | 49.71 | −11.8 | ||
| Patty Arceo | PUP | 2,026 | 40.63 | +4.46 | ||||
| "Bobby" Robert Lopez | VIP | 332 | 6.66 | - | ||||
| William "Mike" Campbell | Independent | 24 | 0.48 | - | ||||
| 2008 general election [4] Electorate: 5,470 Turnout: 4,045 (73.95%) −6.68 | UDP hold Majority: 1,025 (25.34%) +21.7 | Manuel Heredia | UDP | 2,488 | 61.51 | +10.09 | ||
| Murlene "Mel" Spain | PUP | 1,463 | 36.17 | −11.61 | ||||
| Ernesto Caliz | NRP | 54 | 1.33 | - | ||||
| 2003 general election [5] Electorate: 3,712 Turnout: 2,993 (80.63%) −10.47 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 109 (3.64%) −10.88 | Manuel Heredia | UDP | 1,539 | 51.42 | +8.93 | ||
| Patty Arceo | PUP | 1,430 | 47.78 | −9.23 | ||||
| 1998 general election [6] Electorate: 2,653 Turnout: 2,417 (91.1%) +10.45 | PUP hold Majority: 351 (14.52%) +2.12 | Patty Arceo | PUP | 1,378 | 57.01 | +0.81 | ||
| Manuel Heredia | UDP | 1,027 | 42.49 | −1.31 | ||||
| 1993 general election [7] [8] Electorate: 2,218 Turnout: 1,789 (80.65%) +12.08 | PUP hold Majority: 221 (12.4%) −19.2 | Glenn Godfrey | PUP | 1,005 | 56.2 | −8.6 | ||
| Santiago Castillo | UDP | 784 | 43.8 | +10.6 | ||||
| 1989 general election [9] [10] Electorate: 3,350 Turnout: 2,297 (68.57%) −1.53 | PUP hold Majority: 727 (31.6%) +14.0 | Glenn Godfrey | PUP | 1,489 | 64.8 | +7.2 | ||
| Rudolph Thompson | UDP | 762 | 33.2 | −6.8 | ||||
| 1984 general election [11] [12] Electorate: 2,471 Turnout: 1,732 (70.1%) −17.84 | PUP hold Majority: 305 (17.6%) −8.1 | Louis Sylvestre | PUP | 997 | 57.6 | −4.2 | ||
| Jose Marin | UDP | 692 | 40.0 | +3.9 | ||||
| 1979 general election [13] Electorate: 2,280 Turnout: 2,005 (87.94%) +17.18 | PUP hold Majority: 25.7% (−5.9) | Louis Sylvestre | PUP | 61.8 | −2.2 | |||
| Gaspar Lara | UDP | 36.1 | +3.7 | |||||
| 1974 general election [14] Electorate: 1,491 Turnout: 1,055 (70.76%) +0.34 | PUP hold Majority: 31.6% (−26.3) | Louis Sylvestre | PUP | 64.0 | −13.9 | |||
| Harry Lawrence | UDP | 32.4 | - | |||||
| 1969 general election [15] Electorate: 1,369 Turnout: 964 (70.42%) +7.77 | PUP hold Majority: 57.9% (+14.5) | Louis Sylvestre | PUP | 77.9 | +7.6 | |||
| Allan Anderson | NIP | 20.0 | −6.9 | |||||
| 1965 general election [16] Electorate: 1,229 Turnout: 770 (62.65%) −11.59 | PUP hold Majority: 43.4% (−22.3) | Louis Sylvestre | PUP | 70.3 | −11.0 | |||
| Phillip Gillett | NIP | 26.9 | +11.3 | |||||
| 1961 general election [17] Electorate: 1,052 Turnout: 781 (74.24%) n/a | PUP win Majority: 65.7% (n/a) | Louis Sylvestre | PUP | 81.3 | - | |||
| Todd Brown | NIP | 15.6 | - | |||||
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