Lake Independence (Belize House constituency)

Lake Independence
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
District Belize
Electorate 5,145 (2012)
Major settlements Belize City (part)
Current constituency
Created 1984
Party      United Democratic Party
Area Representative Mark King

Lake Independence, often known simply as Lake I, is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2012 by Mark King of the United Democratic Party.

Profile

The Lake Independence constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. It occupies portions of western and southern Belize City, bordering the Belize Rural Central, Freetown, Pickstock, Collet and Port Loyola constituencies.[1]

Area Representatives

ElectionArea Representative[2] Party
1984 Hubert Elrington UDP
1989 Carlos Diaz PUP
1993 Hubert Elrington UDP
1998 Cordel Hyde PUP
2012 Mark King UDP

Elections

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
2012 general election [3]
Electorate: 5,145
Turnout: 3,217 (63.0%) −9.2		UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 172 (5.35%) −4.83 		Mark KingUDP1,54448.0+4.5
Martin Galvez PUP1,37242.65−11.03
Carlos Diaz Independent2236.93-
2008 general election [4]
Electorate: 5,155
Turnout: 3,722 (72.2%) +0.2		PUP hold
Majority: 379 (10.18%) −17.88 		Cordel HydePUP1,99853.68−7.63
Vandley Rupert Jenkins UDP1,61943.5+10.25
Gary Lambey NRP360.97-
Joseph "Seagull" Martinez VIP360.97-
2003 general election [5]
Electorate: 6,175
Turnout: 4,508 (72.0%) −15.35		PUP hold
Majority: 1,265 (28.06%) −10.71 		Cordel HydePUP2,76461.31−7.59
Anthony Leslie UDP1,49933.25+3.12
Patrick Rogers Independent962.12-
Hubert Elrington Independent881.95-
1998 general election [6]
Electorate: 4,024
Turnout: 3,515 (87.35%) +27.31		PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 1,363 (38.77%) +33.97 		Cordel HydePUP2,42268.9+21.3
Hubert Elrington UDP1,05930.13−22.27
Jose Sosa PDP120.34-
Jorge Ernesto Babb NRTCP70.2-
1993 general election [7][8]
Electorate: 4,139
Turnout: 2,485 (60.04%) −2.61		UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 117 (4.8%) −0.6 		Hubert ElringtonUDP1,30152.4+6.2
Carlos Diaz PUP1,18447.6−4.0
1989 general election [9][10]
Electorate: 3,376
Turnout: 2,115 (62.65%) −7.15		PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 113 (5.4%) −0.7 		Carlos DiazPUP1,09151.6+5.3
Hubert Elrington UDP97846.2−6.2
1984 general election [11][12]
Electorate: 2,460
Turnout: 1,717 (69.8%) n/a		UDP win
Majority: 105 (6.1%) n/a 		Hubert ElringtonUDP72352.4-
Carlos Diaz PUP61846.3-

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)
  9. ↑ General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  10. ↑ 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  11. ↑ General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  12. ↑ 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)

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