Dangriga (Belize House constituency)

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Dangriga
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
District Stann Creek
Electorate6,275 (2015)
Major settlements Dangriga
Current constituency
Created1961 as Stann Creek Town, renamed 1979
Party  People's United Party
Area Representative Louis Zabaneh

Dangriga is an electoral constituency in the Stann Creek District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Louis Zabaneh of the People's United Party.

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The Dangriga constituency was created as Stann Creek Town for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. The constituency assumed its current name as of the 1979 general election. It includes the town of Dangriga as well as the nearby Sarawee and Hope Creek areas. It is bordered by the Stann Creek West constituency and the Caribbean Sea. [1]

July 2015 by-election

In June 2015 Area Rep. Ivan Ramos resigned after controversially failing to retain his standard bearer status with the People's United Party. A by-election to determine Ramos' successor was held 8 July 2015. [2] Nominations were formally made on 22 June. Former Dangriga Mayor Frank "Papa" Mena was the UDP nominee, while retired educator Anthony Sabal stood as the PUP candidate after initial reports the PUP might not contest the by-election at all. [3] [4] Llewellyn Lucas from the Belize Green Independent Party was also nominated, becoming that party's first official candidate in any election since it was founded in 2012. [5] A fourth candidate endorsed by both of Belize's other active minor parties, the People's National Party and Vision Inspired by the People, was disqualified due to holding dual citizenship. Belizean candidates for public office may not hold citizenship in any other country. [6]

The by-election was won by Mena with 57.89 percent of the vote, giving the UDP its third consecutive by-election win dating to 2003. [7]

Area representatives

ElectionArea representative [8] Party
1961 Allan Arthurs PUP
1965 Allan Arthurs PUP
1969 Allan Arthurs PUP
1974 Paul Guerrero UDP
1979 Theodore Aranda UDP
1983 CDP
1984 Simeon Sampson PUP
1989 Theodore Aranda PUP
1993 Russell Garcia UDP
1998 Theodore Aranda PUP
2003 Sylvia Flores PUP
2008 Arthur Roches UDP
2012 Ivan Ramos PUP
2015 by-election Frank Mena UDP
2015 Frank Mena UDP
2020 Louis Zabaneh PUP

Elections

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
July 2015 by-election [7]
Electorate: 6,275
Turnout: 3,738 (59.57%) −5.27		 UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 638 (17.07%) +8.26 		Frank Mena UDP 2,16457.89+13.51
Anthony Sabal PUP 1,52640.82−12.37
Llewellyn Lucas BGIP 140.37-
2012 general election [9]
Electorate: 5,904
Turnout: 3,828 (64.84%) −4.28		 PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 337 (8.81%) −6.49 		Ivan Ramos PUP 2,03653.19+11.89
Arthur Roches UDP 1,69944.38−12.22
Mateo Tomas Polanco PNP 370.97-
2008 general election [10]
Electorate: 5,363
Turnout: 3,707 (69.12%) +0.62		 UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 567 (15.3%) +7.48 		Arthur Roches UDP 2,09856.6+12.02
Cassian Nunez PUP 1,53141.3−11.1
Denton Castillo NRP 310.84-
Quentin Mejia VIP 200.54-
2003 general election [11]
Electorate: 4,254
Turnout: 2,914 (68.5%) −15.57		 PUP hold
Majority: 228 (7.82%) −7.36 		Sylvia Flores PUP 1,52752.4−4.41
Russell Garcia UDP 1,29944.58+2.95
Ian Caliz Independent 441.51-
1998 general election [12]
Electorate: 3,346
Turnout: 2,813 (84.07%) +20.04		 PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 427 (15.18%) +2.38 		Theodore Aranda PUP 1,59856.81+13.21
Russell Garcia UDP 1,17141.63−14.77
Cypriano Luke Palacio PDP 190.67-
1993 general election [13] [14]
Electorate: 4,123
Turnout: 2,640 (64.03%) −2.81		 UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 338 (12.8%) +5.3 		Russell Garcia UDP 1,48956.4+11.0
Theodore Aranda PUP 1,15143.6−9.3
1989 general election [15] [16]
Electorate: 3,486
Turnout: 2,330 (66.84%) −0.05		 PUP hold
Majority: 176 (7.5%) −8.3 		Theodore Aranda PUP 1,23352.9+9.8
Randolph Enriquez UDP 1,05745.4+18.1
1984 general election [17] [18]
Electorate: 2,368
Turnout: 1,584 (66.89%) −18.36		 PUP gain from CDP
Majority: 250 (15.8%) +7.4 		Simeon Sampson PUP 68243.1−2.1
Henry Anderson UDP 43227.3−26.3
Theodore Aranda CDP 38524.3-
Allan Arthurs Independent 774.9-
1979 general election [19]
Electorate: 2,319
Turnout: 1,977 (85.25%) +18.45		 UDP hold
Majority: 8.4% (−3.7) 		Theodore Aranda UDP 53.6−1.2
Gadsby Ramos PUP 45.2+2.5
1974 general election [20]
Electorate: 2,187
Turnout: 1,461 (66.8%) −11.13		 UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 12.1% (+1.5) 		Paul Guerrero UDP 54.8-
Allan Arthurs PUP 42.7−11.6
1969 general election [21]
Electorate: 2,093
Turnout: 1,631 (77.93%) +3.59		 PUP hold
Majority: 10.6% (+8.9) 		Allan Arthurs PUP 54.3+4.3
Rodwell Leslie NIP 43.7−4.6
1965 general election [22]
Electorate: 2,666
Turnout: 1,982 (74.34%) −7.87		 PUP hold
Majority: 1.7% (−6.4) 		Allan Arthurs PUP 50.0−2.3
Albert Arzu NIP 48.3+4.1
1961 general election [23]
Electorate: 1,816
Turnout: 1,493 (82.21%) n/a		 PUP win
Majority: 8.1% (n/a) 		Allan Arthurs PUP 52.3-
Paul Guerrero NIP 44.2-

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References

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  7. 1 2 Humes, Aaron "Frank 'Papa' Mena is the new Dangriga area representative ", Breaking Belize News, 8 July 2015. (accessed 8 July 2015)
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  9. ↑ GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  10. ↑ 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  11. ↑ 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  12. ↑ General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  13. ↑ General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  14. ↑ 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  15. ↑ General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  16. ↑ 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  17. ↑ General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  18. ↑ 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  19. ↑ General Elections 1979, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  20. ↑ General Elections 1974, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  21. ↑ General Elections 1969, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  22. ↑ General Elections 1965, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  23. ↑ General Elections 1961, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
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