1974 Belizean general election

none March 2013 November 2020 1974 Belizean general election Belize Flag_of_Belize_(1950-1981).svg parliamentary no 33,737 70.58% ( 4.45pp) 1969 British Honduras general election 1969 1979 Belizean general election 1979 All 18 seats in the House of Representatives 10 30 October 1974 150x150px|George Cadle Price George Cadle Price 1956 People's United Party Freetown 58.85%, 17 seats 12 5 12,269 52.66% 6.19 pp UDP Dean Lindo 1974 United Democratic Party (Belize) Ran in Fort George Did not exist 6 New 9,069 38.93% New Premier George Cadle Price George Cadle Price People's United Party People's United Party Belize_general_election_1974_-_Results_by_Constituency.svg Popular vote by constituency. As Belize uses the FPTP electoral system, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each constituency General elections were in Belize on 30 October 1974. Belizeans elected 18 members to the House of Representatives. The elections were the first since the country was officially renamed from British Honduras in 1973. The ruling People's United Party (PUP) won the largest share (12) of seats in the elections. The United Democratic Party – formed the previous year by a merger of the National Independence Party, People's Development Movement and Liberal Party – ran for the first time in this election, winning six seats.General Elections 1974 https://web.archive.org/web/20180513103753/http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=14&lid=746 13 May 2018 , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014) The UDP fielded candidates nationwide except in Corozal District, where it supported candidates from the Corozal United Front. The UDP absorbed the CUF after the election."The United Democratic Party at 40" https://web.archive.org/web/20140812223111/http://udp.org.bz/who-we-are/our-history/ 12 August 2014 , United Democratic Party. (accessed 18 March 2015) Results File:Belize House of Representatives 1974.svg People's United Party 12269 12 –5 United Democratic Party 9069 6 +5 Corozal United Front 1039 0 New United Black Association for Development 89 0 0 Independents 832 0 0 0 513 33737 Elections and Boundaries Department References Belize Category:General elections in Belize General Belize Belize Category:October 1974 in North America