Belizean legislative election, 1993

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A legislative election was held in Belize on 30 June 1993. Belizeans elected 29 members to the House of Representatives for a term of five years.

[edit] Background

British forces, kept in Belize by agreement of its government since Independence in 1981, were scheduled to leave in 1993 or 1994. There was widespread belief that Belize would fall prey to Guatemalan incursions if the British left. The ruling People's United Party won a bye-election for a Belize City constituency in late January and subsequent City Council elections in March, their second straight. Possibly buoyed by these successes, and the appearance of disunity within the UDP (the NABR consisted mostly of former UDP politicians who broke with leaders Dr. Manuel Esquivel and Dean Barrow over the Guatemalan claim), Prime Minister George Price called elections nearly a year and a half early (they were not constitutionally due until at least December 1994). With Price's move the UDP and NABR promptly sought coalition to achieve victory at the polls.

The United Democratic Party – National Alliance for Belizean Rights (UDP-NABR) coalition won the largest share (16) of seats in the election.