1989 Belizean general election

General elections were held in Belize on 4 September 1989. The result was a narrow victory for the People's United Party, which won 15 of the 28 seats. The United Democratic Party lost its supermajority, moving into opposition. Voter turnout was 72.6%.

Background

The ruling United Democratic Party was finishing its first term and sought re-election on the basis of improved economic indicators and standard of living. The People's United Party painted them as lusting after foreign aid and recognition, particularly from the United States and Taiwan.

Another issue was national security; the PUP attacked a CIA-like operation known as the Secret Intelligence Service as being a spy network for the UDP and promised freedom of the press and other fundamental freedoms enshrined in the constitution.

Longtime PUP leader George Cadle Price returned to both the House of Representatives and as prime minister after his surprise ouster in the 1984 election, winning the Pickstock constituency in the Belize District.

Results

By constituency

Division	Electorate	Turnout	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Caribbean Shores	2,779	1,745	62.7	Manuel Esquivel	Template:Full party name with color	957	54.8
				Louis Humphreys	Template:Full party name with color	775	44.4
Freetown	2,771	1,774	64.0	Derek Aikman	Template:Full party name with color	961	54.2
				Araceli "Lita" Hunter Krohn	Template:Full party name with color	783	44.1
Pickstock	2,453	1,514	61.7	George Cadle Price	Template:Full party name with color	906	59.8
				Cyril Davis	Template:Full party name with color	584	34.5
Fort George	2,833	1,780	62.8	Said Musa	Template:Full party name with color	1,105	62.0
				Dean Lindo	Template:Full party name with color	656	36.8
Lake Independence	3,376	2,115	62.6	Carlos Diaz	Template:Full party name with color	1,091	51.5
				Hubert Elrington	Template:Full party name with color	978	46.2
Albert	2,393	1,397	58.0	Phillip Goldson	Template:Full party name with color	812	58.1
				Roy Young	Template:Full party name with color	560	40.0
Collet	2,656	1,616	60.8	Remijio Montejo	Template:Full party name with color	940	58.2
				Frank Lizama	Template:Full party name with color	661	40.9
Mesopotamia	2,818	1,570	55.7	Curl Thompson	Template:Full party name with color	834	53.1
				Stephen Latchman	Template:Full party name with color	713	45.4
Queen's Square	2,896	1,697	58.5	Dean Barrow	Template:Full party name with color	1,085	63.9
				Tom Greenwood	Template:Full party name with color	588	34.6
Port Loyola	3,002	1,759	58.5	Henry Young	Template:Full party name with color	991	56.3
				Ernest Staine	Template:Full party name with color	695	39.5
Belize Rural North	2,469	1,653	66.9	Samuel Rhaburn	Template:Full party name with color	806	48.8
				Ewing Maxwell Samuels	Template:Full party name with color	760	45.9
				Rufus X	Template:Party name with color	65	3.9
Belize Rural South	3,350	2,297	68.5	Glenn Godfrey	Template:Full party name with color	1489	64.8
				Rudolph Thompson	Template:Full party name with color	762	33.2
Orange Walk North	2,982	2,641	88.5	Ruben Campos	Template:Full party name with color	1338	50.6
				Santiago Rosado	Template:Full party name with color	1,256	47.5
Orange Walk Central	2,717	2,170	79.8	Leopoldo Briceno	Template:Full party name with color	1144	52.7
				Leliz Carballo	Template:Full party name with color	1,010	46.5
Orange Walk East	3,264	2,706	82.9	Elodio Aragon	Template:Full party name with color	1464	54.1
				Ramon Cervantes	Template:Full party name with color	1195	44.2
Orange Walk South	3,057	2,743	81.7	Guadalupe Pech	Template:Full party name with color	1,378	50.2
				Onesimo Pech	Template:Full party name with color	1,331	48.5
Cayo North	3,751	2,951	78.6	Salvador Fernandez	Template:Full party name with color	1,562	52.9
				Ismael "Miley" Garcia	Template:Full party name with color	1,321	44.8
Cayo South	3,199	2,382	74.0	Samuel Waight	Template:Full party name with color	1,425	59.8
				Philip Brackett	Template:Full party name with color	910	38.2
Cayo West	2,539	2,010	79.0	Miguel Ruiz	Template:Full party name with color	1,033	51.3
				Carlos Leon	Template:Full party name with color	929	46.2
Cayo Central	3,249	2,491	76.6	Daniel Silva	Template:Full party name with color	1,277	51.2
				Eduardo "Dito" Juan	Template:Full party name with color	1,152	46.2
Corozal North	2,922	2,522	86.3	Valdemar Castillo	Template:Full party name with color	1,371	54.4
				Richard Quan	Template:Full party name with color	1,119	44.4
Corozal South West	2,821	2,398	85.0	Asterio Ortega	Template:Full party name with color	1,309	54.6
				Everaldo Puck	Template:Full party name with color	1,055	43.9
Corozal Bay	3,336	2,544	76.0	Juan Vildo Marin	Template:Full party name with color	1,258	50.5
				Israel Alpuche	Template:Full party name with color	1,201	47.2
Corozal South East	3,203	2,887	90.0	Florencio Marin	Template:Full party name with color	1,528	52.9
				Doroteo Pott	Template:Full party name with color	1,320	45.7
Dangriga	3,486	2,330	66.8	Theodore Aranda	Template:Full party name with color	1,233	52.9
				Randolph Enriquez	Template:Full party name with color	1,057	45.4
Stann Creek West	2,286	1,783	77.9	Melvin Hulse	Template:Full party name with color	881	49.4
				Conrad Lewis	Template:Full party name with color	871	48.8
Toledo East	3,375	2,494	73.8	Michael Espat	Template:Full party name with color	1,298	52.0
				Charles Wagner	Template:Full party name with color	1,168	46.8
Toledo West	2,573	1,985	53.5	William "Dennis" Usher	Template:Full party name with color	1,062	53.5
				Samuel Alexander "Alejandro" Vernon	Template:Full party name with color	911	45.9
Source: Belize Times