Belize Rural Central

Belize Rural Central is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2015 by Beverly Williams of the United Democratic Party.

Belize Rural Central
Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives
District	Belize
Electorate	5,920 (2012)
Major settlements	Ladyville, Hattieville
Current constituency
Created	1993
Party	United Democratic Party
Area Representative	Beverly Williams

Profile

The Belize Rural Central constituency was created for the 1993 general election by a split of the existing Belize Rural South constituency. Out of the 13 Belize District constituencies it is one of three located outside the Belize City limits, consisting of the southern half of the Belize District mainland. It includes Ladyville and the Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport.[1]

Area Representatives

Election		Area Representative[2]	Party
	1993	Ralph Fonseca	PUP
	2008	Michael Hutchinson	UDP
	2012	Dolores Balderamos-García	PUP
	2015	Beverly Williams	UDP

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
2012 general election [3] Electorate: 5,920 Turnout: 3,917 (66.17%) −10.04		PUP gain from UDP Majority: 204 (5.21%) +0.64		Dolores Balderamos-García	PUP	2,005	51.19	+4.57
				Michael Hutchinson	UDP	1,801	45.98	−5.21
				Fred Hunter Sr.	PNP	74	1.89	-
2008 general election [4] Electorate: 5,032 Turnout: 3,835 (76.21%) +5.42		UDP gain from PUP Majority: 175 (4.57%) −28.43		Michael Hutchinson	UDP	1,963	51.19	+17.69
				Ralph Fonseca	PUP	1,788	46.62	−19.88
				Harrisford B. Myers	VIP	36	0.94	-
				Queen Miller	Independent	16	0.42	-
2003 general election [5] Electorate: 4,482 Turnout: 3,173 (70.79%) −15.22		PUP hold Majority: 1,047 (33.0%) −14.57		Ralph Fonseca	PUP	2,110	66.5	−6.05
				Colin Gillett	UDP	1,063	33.5	+8.52
1998 general election [6] Electorate: 3,524 Turnout: 3,031 (86.01%) +16.03		PUP hold Majority: 1,442 (47.57%) +1.77		Ralph Fonseca	PUP	2,199	72.55	−0.35
				Louis S. Sylvestre	UDP	757	24.98	−2.12
				Gloria Marie Bowen	PDP	48	1.58	-
1993 general election [7][8] Electorate: 2,805 Turnout: 1,963 (69.98%) n/a		PUP win Majority: 899 (45.8%) n/a		Ralph Fonseca	PUP	1,431	72.9	-
				Lloyd Gillett	UDP	532	27.1	-

References

1. Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
2. Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
3. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
4. 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
5. 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
6. General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
7. General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
8. 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)