Belize Rural Central is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Dolores Balderamos-García of the People's United Party (PUP).
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
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 | - |
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